"a thought provoking score strategically designed to place the listener in a picturesque state of mind"
Salva Moreno is the composing musician behind the notably mysterious and out of this world music of Psicodreamics. His New Age music projects are best described as Ambient, Chill Out, Neo Classic and Gothic to name a few. My review of his most recent Fantasynth Album hopefully gave you an introduction of what this artist from the beautiful city of Valencia Spain is capable of creating.
The Ambiethernum Album, on his own Witches on the Radiowaves label, is a thought provoking score strategically designed to place the listener in a picturesque state of mind.
Psicodreamics has achieved a dramatic ambient theme in the 12 tracks intended to arouse the imagination, giving the listener a chance to sit back, close their eyes, then drift along with the music to any imaginary realm they choose to fathom.
One could even conceive a celestial theme encounter by picturing a NASA Space Shuttle Voyage to the $ 1.5 Billion Hubble Space Telescope 360 miles / 575 kilometers away, presently undergoing enhancement. Please use caution upon your arrival to Hubble, since one complete orbit circling the globe every 97 minutes, equals a speed of 17,000 mph / 28,000 kph. Those brave enough for an unsurpassed expedition may venture an astounding 93 Billion Light Years towards the outer observable edge of our universe.
The Ambiethernum Album does give you this break through opportunity in imagination by the surreal spatial sound effects, exploring with a point of calm and composure in your virtual musical travel through the galaxy without ever losing your equilibrium.
The ambient aspects of earlier projects are also present by abundant chill out that permit an emotion to be felt. Guided mostly by the deep, dark extended note overtones, keyboard compositions, and synthesized presence of woodwind, string, and abundance of unique percussion effects which are strongly emphasized. The timely appearance of a Symphonic and Orchestra presence adds to the depth and dimension that is light and airy at one moment, only to reappear as a dark and heavier tones in the next phase, increasing the overall intensity.
Natural Animal Effects make their voices known from time to time, adding to character involvement during this make believe encounter. Another thought in utilizing this deep and mysterious music could be as a documentary or soundtrack background score for science fiction, mystery, or even horror themed movies, since the atmospheric content would enhance practically every movie moment in those genres.
Ambiethernum Track 10 in particular makes a theatrical eerie presence known quite dramatically, and could easily be pictured as an excellent horror movie score, if used in that context.
Salva has agreed to an Artist Interview and judging by our recent discussions, this interview promises to give everyone a chance to better understand his point of view, and why he has chosen multi dimensional ambient instrumentals as a means to express himself. I am certain he is well prepared to answer your questions related to those close encounters involving relative time and space.
by John P. Olsen
Read the review here
