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Gydja - Umbilicus Maris [Mystery Sea - 2007]

Umbilicus Maris whisks the listener off into a vast abounded citadel situated on the deepest ocean floors, lit by fluorescents and sea bound aurora borealis. This is fine ambient craft rippled with watery rhythmic touches & subterranean choir voices to make vast meditative and mystically soundworld to lose ones self in.

Appearing on the always quality bond Belgian ambient label Mystery Sea, this is less deep and more approachable to non deep ambient fans, than some of the labels released disks. Often wondering more towards defined musically moments, relying more on instrumental textures than sample and manipulated sound textures. Though it still retains the air of picturesque sound waves and audio pictures.

As already mentioned this does have a real feel of souring over a vast oceanic city, slipping in through strange stone carved archways and doorways. Moving from ornate stone carved building to building, and room to room. Oddly some of the rooms remain full of air, like the effects played out in James Cameron’s- The Aybss. Some of the rooms have water drip upwards too, This is the magical air Umbilicus Maris paints in ones mind.

A soothing and mystical trip that never becomes too new-agey, always having darker hues here and there.

Rating: 3 out of 5Rating: 3 out of 5Rating: 3 out of 5Rating: 3 out of 5Rating: 3 out of 5

Roger Batty
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