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- Primigenial frontier [5:44]
- Predawn darkness [4:21]
- The threshold [6:42]
- Onvisible jewell [6:35]
- The great sparkling dome [7:06]
- Soundless sign [8:04]
- Far beyond the immobile point [20:13]
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D.A.M. (Digital Automatic Music) CD. This means that the CD contains normal audio tracks plus the MP3's of the tracks. It furthermore contains photos and artist info.
Primigenial Frontier
Like a gaseous column, forms of energy cross a remote place in the deep space, passing over the Primigenial Frontier. Deep Space music for space music fans.
Predawn Darkness
Expansive atmosphere, this track lacks rhythm and melody, submerged in an ambiance of organic, insect-like sounds in the last shadows of the night.
The Threshold
Cavernous and subterranean sounds suspended in the time. A pure ambient track.
Invisible Jewell
Challenging the darkness, our radiant, luminous, inner star shines with passionately light. A piece for the lovers of atmospheric synthesized sounds.
The Great Sparkling Dome
A track of sweeping and floating synth radiance, created like background music for skywatchers and planetarium lovers.
Soundless Sign
Deep space track, dark, noissy, interestellar, carving the remoteness.Far Beyond The Immobile Point
Title track, divided in two parts. Inspired in the first chapter of Umberto Eco´s novel "Foucault's Pendulum", is a extremely slow moving piece, luminous in the first part and more ominous and dark on the second.
2000 CD information
Drawing on influences of the best of floating ambience, from Steve Roach to Robert Scott Thompson, Spaniard Max Corbacho places his own stamp on the genre with his second CD, a solid follow-up to his very good "Vestiges" CD.
The tribal elements have been stripped away this time around, leaving a sparser, sometimes darker sonic landscape. From the high soft shimmers of "Primigenial Frontier" to the low rumblings of "Predawn Darkness," the mood throughout is haunting and dramatic, yet serene and beautiful. "Predawn Darkness" in particular walks the tightrope between darkness and beauty quite admirably. Roach fans will at once think back to his epic, "The Magnificent Void." The deep, low drones are first rate, and the feeling of expansiveness is palpable. "The Threshold" has a metallic character, almost but not quite shrill, with rich tonal qualities. An undercurrent of strange percolating noises really enhances the atmosphere. Not all is darkness and crevasses, however. "Invisible Jewell" has elegance and warmth, though it is still rooted firmly in ambient rather than new age realms. This is perfectly soothing, comparing favorably with Thompson's excellent work, "The Silent Shore." "The Great Sparkling Dome" is also a bit brighter in parts, but still tends toward minimal broad strokes of sound, becoming almost silent here and there. It is very calming and relaxing with just the right tinges of darkness. "Soundless Sign" is, as it implies, the quietest track, approaching soft stillness. Finally, the 20-minute title track wraps things up perfectly, slowly shifting and drifting to a sparkling, spacious conclusion.
2000. © Phil Derby / Sequences magazine
The second album from the Spaniard Max Corbacho is a so-called "DAM-CD". It contains the audio-tracks, a multimedia-section and MP3’s. His first one, "Vestiges", was a great ambient album in the style of Steve Roach. "Far Beyond The Immobile Point" goes even deeper, much deeper. The album contains no rhythms and is filled with very intense and sometimes rather dark and long-stretched sounds. Great examples of this are "The Threshold" and "Soundless Sign" which, to me, sounds like a soundtrack for a movie about the prehistoric. To my opinion, the best track is "Invisible Jewell" which has some traces of the recent music of Robert Rich. The title track is with 20:13 minutes the longest piece on the CD. It follows the path of the other music but with some more drama to it. This is one of the best ambient/space-albums I've ever heard.
2001. © Paul Rijkens
From the darkness of remote intergalactic space to the brigtness of stars, Corbacho's music has an energy that gives the listener the feeling of belonging into an eternal, endless pulse of an ever-expanding universe, leading our imagination through the immensity of the cosmos in a tireless quest in the realms of wonder. No doubt this CD will appeal to the fans of Max Corbacho's music as well as the lovers of Ambient and Space Music in general.
Hector Jordan