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Soft industrial drone work, reminiscent, to me, of the Hafler Trio’s quieter music, but more explicitly ‘ambient’.
Very atmospheric and admirably restrained. “Rassamblement des choses qui portent malheur” has a subdued musical
theme that is so understated and melancholy that it could be heartbreaking under the right circumstances. Completely lovely.
-vuzh music blog
Here on Webbed Hand Records, is wonderful dark Ambient music from Pavonine. It's so cleverly put together and is
every bit the compelling listen. There's so much subtle detail to get to grips with, that it's easy to forget that
you're actually meant to drift off to space when listening to this stuff!!!!
-audio gourmet
One Adrienne from Austin, Texas is behind Pavonine and it uses free sound and ‘actual’ field recordings. To quote
from her website: “I chose the name Pavonine drawing on my interests in alchemy and antiquated occult texts. Firstly,
Pavonine is the descriptive term for the colors in peacock feathers. In alchemy, the peacock is representational of
the soul. In alchemical thought, the peacock stage is the one in which alchemists enter into the inner experience of
the astral world, seen as shifting patterns of color. This is considered an important turning point in the alchemical
process as the journey shifts from external experiences to inner enlightenment and development.” I must admit that all
of that I didn’t hear in the music, which of course is never a problem. The three long pieces indeed seem to be built
from field recordings and some sort of computer processing. She recommends headphones and dark rooms for her music,
but that’s something that is hard to realize on a sunnyday morning and headphones I just never like that much. The music
is quite ‘low’ in volume, although it never seems to be totally quiet. There is always something happening and you can
always hear that. Although the music is hardly filled with surprises, I quite enjoyed it. The alchimecal undercurrent
might be a bit lost on me, but I thought it was very well possible to enjoy this without that and just as three nice
pieces of music. (FdW)
-Vital Weekly 673
Pavonine (by the artist of the same name) is a quiet yet unsettling experiment in dark ambient. If for no other reason,
grab this one for the excellent use of vocoders on the first track.
-from the Something Awful forums [you know you've made it when you're on the Something Awful forums]
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