409:"Dunn’s drones make patent that quality in a way that so much post-noise work, encrusted with sonic ornament and desperate not to bore the listener, does not; they maintain fealty to the qualities of classic post-La Monte Young drone-music, of flattening out rhythm as far as possible so the horizon of the Song seems to stretch on infinitely, of finding its interest in close-focus on the detail of the moment, augmented by the depth and complexity allowed by electronic instruments. But just as drone is dependent on time, so it remakes and estranges our sense of it: we’re aware of time’s passage, but not in the sense of its disappearance; instead, the sound keeps us in the present moment, expands it until it seems to contain far more than it should, until, in fact, it is difficult to say whether it is passing at all: all time is still accessible.
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noted forebears -- being the inclusion of bass-heavy rumble as much as gossamer glaze in the sonics, though the latter often prevails. But that hint of edge, of literal weight, adds to the collage of tones on a piece like "Canyon
Meadows" or acts as an undertow on the flow of "New Pures," helping to transform that feeling of contemplation while not actually crushing it in any sense. As for "Movement for the Completely Fucked" itself, it's as gently enveloping as one could want, 15 minutes of a similarly understated hook-as-such impact as the opening piece and beautifully done every step of the way, building to a exultant conclusion.
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and like Pärt's music (usually just one or two very simple quiet lines of melody that either converge and crescendo to euphoric peaks, or just as easily end as plainly and hauntingly as they begin) there's an austere and meditative quality that is both oddly attractive and extremely powerful.
377:“Canyon Meadows”, “New Pures” and “Movement For The Completely Fucked” make up the chest, abdomen and sex (pun again?) of the record. In these three middle pieces, Dunn brings in more dissonant tones which nicely offset “Statuit’s” gentle inviting qualities.
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