tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21018554.post3337743118918854040..comments2024-03-20T18:17:47.946-05:00Comments on Low Light Mixes: Train Six-56 by Paul Asbury SeamanLow Light Mixeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01662565941443656175noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21018554.post-84656686012220993822023-05-20T21:02:44.091-05:002023-05-20T21:02:44.091-05:00The blog as a whole has now left behind, in the 19...The blog as a whole has now left behind, in the 1980s, some incredibly realistic train synthetic syntheses of steam trains, on long journeys, quite fulfilling this genre, and purposely composed as such. I've name these in earlier train mix reviews. Now we are just content with a the blander Ukrainian electro-diesel as our train mix buffer, and use it only twice in 90+ minutes.<br /><br />If a train mix is a mix having perpetual motion, then Seaman has achieved his objective. However, I am not convinced that a "train track" ( a track emulating a train) is merely defined by a Moto Perpetua characteristic. A "train track" is something more - it involves the musical equivalent of the train's hardware clattering, rubbing, clipping, or banging in a rhythmic motif amidst the sea of Moto Perpetua, or having some sense of rhythmic pattern that can be produced by a train. In this regard, a good portion of these tracks do not give us the feeling of being on a train. <br /><br />The title theme is best exemplified in the Emmes through the Dede, a well assembled "Dance/Trance" combination with train-like attributes (for the most part). But when we get to the Gottsching, things do indeed go off the rails, until we get a reprieve in some of the latter tracks where we get some more "train-like" emulation. But not decidedly - does the Leonhard really sound like a train? Does an operatic soprano work (Engelhardt) that stops the beat altogether keep us on track? As sufficient selections drift away from producing train-like rhythmic motifs, I just assume Seaman name this mix "Moto Perpetua 56".<br />The Interstellar Radio Stationhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05237209277044672587noreply@blogger.com