Review: CD Swap : 1 : CD Exchange 2010

Project : CD Swap 2010 Review 1 of 12
CD Name : CD Exchange 2010?
Arranged By : ?
Duration : 1: hr 12 min
Tracks :
CORRECT playlist order

wenn ich einmal soll scheiden (When once I must depart)	J. S. Bach
Fratres	Arvo Part
From me flows what you call time	Toru Takemitsu
Anthem - Part 3	Philip Glass
Olson	Boards of Canada
All that makes us human continues	BT
In Mind	Do Make Say Think

INCORRECT playlist order... listened to first, by accident

Olson	Boards of Canada
All that makes us human continues	BT
In Mind	Do Make Say Think
Fratres	Arvo Part
wenn ich einmal soll scheiden (When once I must depart)	J. S. Bach
From me flows what you call time	Toru Takemitsu
Anthem - Part 3	Philip Glass

CD case:

First listened to it : while sitting in Adam's apartment. Football is on TV but muted -- 1/10/10 10:34 am
Favorite Track: All that makes us human continues as a close second, with Fratres as a close second.

Overall Thoughts: A very mellow CD. Instrumental, soothing. Complex sounding without building that much energy. Very soundtracky without containing any noticable soundtrack songs. Starts classical, ends electronicy

Specific Thoughts:
First of all, the whole not being an audio CD-- not cool. It couldn't be played in Adam's CD player in his house or in the car, which made me sad. Also, despite the warning on the CD both Adam and I miss-understoond and listened to the entire CD out of order the first time around.

Upon listening to it a second time, my feelings are much warmer. The first two tracks start off well. But then a 36 minute track, POW! The song(s. I pluralize because it has several gaps in the track itself, breaking it up) I have no complaint against... but the duration... too much.

The second song sounded like several things to me- bouncing between Star Wars and Predator at times. The crazy marimba music woven into it was... strange. I really enjoyed the second track the most and felt the first one was a good build up to it.

The 'From me flows what you call time' track has crazy marimba music. Not sure how I feel about that. Very sound-track sounding. Very mellow... I at times almost forget it's playing. Seems like I need to have good quality headphones on to enjoy it. The track is 36 minutes long and sounds like several songs- even has pauses where transitions are between them. One of the parts reminds me of the Predator soundtrack a bit.. Also, a minute of silence at the end of the track? Was it necessary?

I like the second half of the CD- good transitions between songs. I like how strange 'all that makes us human continues' becomes... Reminds me a bit of 65daysofstatic.

Closing Thought :

From ethereal fey to 60s sci-fi robot to enthusiastic creature... Can't say I was on the same page as the sound, but at least it was cohesive. Really. fey, robot, monster... cohesive, trust me.