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The Ever Green Tree is a sort of EP release, a little shorter than most albums, and just fitting on a 12" LP. However, I feel this is more than 'just' an EP, because it contains a perfect distillation of Johan Levin's accessible style of ambient, mixed with some acoustics and an industrial touch.
The title track is a very good and powerful mix of synth soundscapes, industrial scrapings, and even an acoustic guitar song structure during the larger part of the track. "Hibernation" takes things into a familiar direction, a sort of typical 'Cold Meat Industry' dark ambient sound. Relatively 'active', with a clearly discernible melodic movement in the waves, and subtle percussion and rhythms in the background, overlayed with industrial sound effects. The last track of the first side, "Legends", is in a similar vein, but this time with a prominent role for heavier drones and hissing sounds, along with the usual melodic elements.
Side B also contains three tracks, but they are each a bit shorter. "Stalkinghorse" blends a very nice synth melody with more metallic sounds and a pulsating 'burning' sound that provides a driving rhythm. "Hallmark" features a similar distorted sound, along with another great melody, and a repeating voice sample. Two very good tracks. The album finishes off with "This Vale of Tears", a track that also appears on the The Last Bleak Days compilation. This one is perhaps the most minimalist track of the album, with only soft waves and a faint rhythm. A serene, but dark ending to this LP.
Despite me mentioning Desiderii Marginis as a typical CMI project, this 12" was released on Kaosthetik, a french label that specialises in luxury vinyl releases. Apart from the beautiful gatefold cover of this LP, we also get an A2 poster with a very dark, gothic image. All in all, a very nice presentation of a very good selection of tracks, for a minimal price. Limited to 500 copies, but still available in some places, this is highly recommended to fans of the project and of this particular accessible style of ambient.
O.S.
The title track is a very good and powerful mix of synth soundscapes, industrial scrapings, and even an acoustic guitar song structure during the larger part of the track. "Hibernation" takes things into a familiar direction, a sort of typical 'Cold Meat Industry' dark ambient sound. Relatively 'active', with a clearly discernible melodic movement in the waves, and subtle percussion and rhythms in the background, overlayed with industrial sound effects. The last track of the first side, "Legends", is in a similar vein, but this time with a prominent role for heavier drones and hissing sounds, along with the usual melodic elements.
Side B also contains three tracks, but they are each a bit shorter. "Stalkinghorse" blends a very nice synth melody with more metallic sounds and a pulsating 'burning' sound that provides a driving rhythm. "Hallmark" features a similar distorted sound, along with another great melody, and a repeating voice sample. Two very good tracks. The album finishes off with "This Vale of Tears", a track that also appears on the The Last Bleak Days compilation. This one is perhaps the most minimalist track of the album, with only soft waves and a faint rhythm. A serene, but dark ending to this LP.
Despite me mentioning Desiderii Marginis as a typical CMI project, this 12" was released on Kaosthetik, a french label that specialises in luxury vinyl releases. Apart from the beautiful gatefold cover of this LP, we also get an A2 poster with a very dark, gothic image. All in all, a very nice presentation of a very good selection of tracks, for a minimal price. Limited to 500 copies, but still available in some places, this is highly recommended to fans of the project and of this particular accessible style of ambient.
O.S.