{"id":2995,"date":"2011-05-14T04:50:17","date_gmt":"2011-05-14T08:50:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/existest.org\/ee_v3\/?p=2995"},"modified":"2011-05-14T04:50:17","modified_gmt":"2011-05-14T08:50:17","slug":"robe-antiquated-silhouettes-cdr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/existest.org\/ee_v3\/?p=2995","title":{"rendered":"Robe. – Antiquated Silhouettes CDr"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Robe.<\/a> – Antiquated Silhouettes CDr<\/p>\n

Dirgehead Distribution Company<\/a><\/p>\n

With a sound like equal parts of a transmission from a lost era and odd signal patterns emerging out of the void of space itself, Robe.\u2019s Antiquated Silhouettes is an experience that is constantly evolving and emerging out of a desolate gap in time. These tracks seem to create aural depictions of a complete and desperate sort of emptiness, yet the complexity and depth of the sounds creates a work that prefers to stay sensitive; cold and bleak but never harsh. Opening the album with a sort of simplistic ambience to precursor the despair ahead, Paracelsus<\/em> is a wispy, somnambulant track. The variation in tone doesn\u2019t really begin until the second track. From there it\u2019s a delicate ride through darkness with only minor points of light to illumine the way.<\/p>\n

At times it seems like Robe. is trying to invoke a sort of bygone time, a sort of indefinable nostalgia that moves the heart yet can never seem to be grasped on any sort of intellectual level. Other times Antiquated Silhouettes takes on a cosmic, otherworldly aspect, gracing the listeners\u2019 ears with a sort of celestial brevity that is truly challenging to capture. The sounds here are groaning, dismal, and absolutely tragic. The soundscape is packed with half-heard tones and dying echoes emerging from the mist only to be trapped in the utterly suffocating hollowness. Each track has its own way of offering the listener a glimpse of the unknown.<\/p>\n

Isolation<\/em> starts out strangely brighter, than takes a turn into utter hopelessness and cold hatred. The transition here is nearly seamless and is quite deceiving. Pine Box<\/em>, the final track on Antiquated Silhouettes, bears a moniker that implies death and takes on the theme in a very reverent, psychedelic sort of way; the thought of death is portrayed as a journey into another realm and not as a dark, spiteful thing. Antiquated Silhouettes is an album that emerges slowly and at its own pace; while patience is required to discover its value, the payoff is worth it in the end.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Composition:<\/td>\n\"★\"\"★\"\"★\"\"★\"\"☆\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sounds:<\/td>\n\"★\"\"★\"\"★\"\"★\"\"½\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Production Quality:<\/td>\n\"★\"\"★\"\"★\"\"★\"\"½\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Concept:<\/td>\n\"★\"\"★\"\"★\"\"★\"\"½\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Packaging:<\/td>\n\"★\"\"★\"\"★\"\"½\"\"☆\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Overall Rating:<\/td>\n\"★\"\"★\"\"★\"\"★\"\"☆\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Robe. – Antiquated Silhouettes CDr
\nDirgehead Distribution Company
\nWith a sound like equal parts of a transmission from a lost era and odd signal patterns emerging out of the void of space itself, Robe.\u2019s Antiquated Silhouettes is an experience that is constantly evolving and emerging out of a desolate gap in time. These tracks seem to create aural depictions of a complete and desperate sort of emptiness, yet the complexity and depth of the sounds creates a work that prefers to stay sensitive; cold and bleak but never harsh. Opening the album …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2995","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews","category-webzine"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/existest.org\/ee_v3\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2995","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/existest.org\/ee_v3\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/existest.org\/ee_v3\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/existest.org\/ee_v3\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/existest.org\/ee_v3\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2995"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/existest.org\/ee_v3\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2995\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2997,"href":"http:\/\/existest.org\/ee_v3\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2995\/revisions\/2997"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/existest.org\/ee_v3\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2995"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/existest.org\/ee_v3\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2995"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/existest.org\/ee_v3\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}