ALCHEMIST - WATER

ARTIST: Alchemist
TITLE: Water
ARTIST LINK: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Alchemist/202284619792608
ARTIST COUNTRY: Finland
CATALOG: SomSon005
LABEL: Sombre Soninks
LABEL LINK: http://sombresoniks.bandcamp.com/
GENRE: Dark Ambient

TRACKLIST:
01_ Essence kaiken elämän (Essence of All Life)
02_ Kallioilta merinäköala (From the Cliffs Overlooking the Sea)
03_ Essence kaiken elämän (Essence of All Life) (P23 Remix)
04_ Essence kaiken elämän (Essence of All Life) (Demo)
05_ Kallioilta merinäköala (From the Cliffs Overlooking the Sea) (Demo)

I am blown away and at peace at the same time. Now, this sort of compound feeling only comes to me from two things: a good smack of THC, and/or a blissfully transcendent album. Joining these specific two can make you believe, or at least remind you of how sweet life can be at times. Here, we have another fine release that goes beyond the genre that folks wrap around it. "Water" by our friendly and talent-enhanced Al Kemisti is simply my favorite Dark Ambient EP of the year. Or at least, here in the Kingdom.

In essence [pun intended] this work is only two tracks, but because the songs are so simple, yet also spacious enough and well composed enough to lend themselves to the hand of a friend or two to give them additional character, they become a 5 track cosmic floatation device. The original pair becomes a dreamy, calming, enthralling voyage into yourself, and chances are the spaces you will float into will have the scent of pure nostalgia, a taste of love in an expansive sense, and hopefully, visions of a much better existence.

A tittle such as "Essence of All Life" is not one to be used or taken lightly. Within "Water", you get not one, but three plains manifested in the spirit of this phrase. There is a very grand but intensely personal feel to every single version of these tracks, the mesh of organ and everyone's very selective and wise choice of synth textures is what gives this piece the fluidity that marks its name. This is crucial for an Ambient work if it is to be considered a triumph. Each version laps at you so serenely, so magically in its wave-state...

I think poetic is a great way to describe "Water". It is sorrowful without being depressing, it is bright without glare, and it just might take your heart out from beneath you, only to put it back inside, having grown just a little bit more in its grasp.

Very much a treasure. One I will hold close from now on.

DOWNLOAD LINK:

http://sombresoniks.bandcamp.com/album/water

ARTIST STATEMENT:
"Alchemist lies deep within the mind of Al Kemisti, the sole member of Alchemist. The project endeavors to explore the darkness that lies just below the surface. This project, in it's completion, will cover the 4 elements here on Earth. Air, Water, Earth, and Fire...each a separate element, each a separate EP."