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Vectorscope - Monitoring the Blind (CD)
released by Maor Appelbaum

Vectorscope is a dark experimental project by Israeli musician Maor Appelbaum, who beside this outfit, deals also with deep bass exploration (his another project Screening) and keyboard-based ambient (Lunisolar). He is also the man behind Maor Appelbaum label and recording studio which are the tools to produce, record and release mainly his musical creations.

Having listened to both debut albums by Vectorscope and Screening, I fully declare that the former is far better when it comes to the diversity, composition and layers of the (anti-) music. 'Monitoring the Blind' consists of 11 songs which were created throughout 3 years (1999 - 2001). What we receive here is quite solid album starting with very positive vibe and feeling of 'New Art' and developing, reverbing, transforming throughout the whole playing time of nearly 53 minutes. Maor Appelbaum tries his best not to bore the potential listener and indeed, every particular song is able to attract the listening perception, depicting every time another dimension of this organic music. I have to admit that, as for the debut album, he did it and managed to create something worthy and enjoyable. Based on the ambient tunes, layered with many different sound textures and very often focused on the melody, this album leaves big hopes for the future. I have been informed recently that the new album is already in the works and will be darker than this one. Well, all I can do is wait and recommend this offering because although it's not mind-blowing and revolutionary, it can be a nice addition to the experimental music collection.
Added: August 27th 2004
Reviewer: Aruzz
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