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The Passing Measures

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This is one of the most beautiful discs I've heard in a while -- continuing in the tradition of Brian Eno's live "Music for Airports" record (Lang is one of the co-founders of Bang on a Can), it's a slow, very slow, movement through orchestral shimmering magic. It's in the ambient tradition, but it'll sneak up on you and grab your attention when you're least expecting it -- though it will do so in its own slow, aching way... it's also beautifully recorded, i give it a huge recommendation.

If you like the quiet moving beauty of Gavin Bryar's Sinking of the Titanic, then you will likely love this masterpiece.

I installed this CD in my car (which I use too much for work) and was instantly removed from the mundane. This is a quiet piece (the CD is one long hymn)but not so hushed that it doesn't counteract the sounds of motoring. A very rare find indeed.

reminiscent of Morton Feldman but more lush, more "ear-candy" if you will. the composition seems like a single perfect moment stretched and extended and each time i play it i never want it to end.

This cd, to put simply, is well worth the price. There is an amazing atmosphere here. It reminds me very much of Steve Reich's Music for 18 Musicians, the Pulses sections, if you took out the percussive sounds of the instruments and left only the echo, the resonance. There is a very continuous, steady feel about the piece, yet i find certain moments bring certain moods, those of sheer brilliance and happiness, and those which remind me of the aftermath of a war or something of that sort. It is also a very dissonant, echoing, droning piece, marked by moments where certain voices in the orchestra make themselves gradually more present, and then fade back into the lush background. All the while, light percussion scrapes and rattles, very quietly, which adds surprisingly gentle texture to the song, as though the orchestra is the ocean waves and the percussion is the rattling of distant buoys or the light crash of water on the rocks.

This is a work of astounding beauty, and is ideal for a fan of any kind of music that is ambient, meditative, relaxing, etc. etc.