{"id":5644,"date":"2023-07-21T05:39:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-21T05:39:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/?p=5644"},"modified":"2023-07-21T05:39:03","modified_gmt":"2023-07-21T05:39:03","slug":"album-review-the-ages-richard-davies-words-sammy-stein","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/2023\/07\/21\/album-review-the-ages-richard-davies-words-sammy-stein\/","title":{"rendered":"Album Review: &#8220;The Ages&#8221; &#8211; Richard Davies. Words: Sammy Stein."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-spotify wp-block-embed-spotify wp-embed-aspect-21-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: The Ages\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/4915gJuHAYsSeGZVVmzQ14?si=R0mtYykzRoaVKWmh13gxIw&#038;utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/richarddavies.bandcamp.com\/album\/the-ages\">The Ages | Richard Davies (bandcamp.com)<\/a><\/p>\n\n<p>Richard Davies has followed up \u2018A Pagan Landscape\u2019 and \u2018Travel Without Movement\u2018 with another interesting and thematic release with \u2018The Ages.\u2019 Exploring combinations of sounds, Davies extends his curiosity through a series of tracks, creating a mesmeric and at times, thoroughly absorbing album.<\/p>\n<p>The tracks are titled simple RD Aged 5\u2019, \u2018RD Aged 15\u2019, RD Aged 19, then 30,47,50,89, and 97. Each track establishes a different time pattern and rhythmic measure, from the steady pulsation of \u201815\u2019 to the whirling long-held notes of \u201815\u2019 and the strange eeriness of \u201819\u2019 coupled with oddly gapped electronics sounds, over which the sax flows, rises, and sighs.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Strangeness entwines itself into some of the numbers, with \u201830\u2019 including especially disjointed and intriguing effects, with echoes of a previous track on \u2018A Pagan Landscape\u2019 and in others, like \u201847\u2019 the sound effects override the sax melodies, or \u201850\u2019 where a jauntiness settles in for the ride.<\/p>\n<p>\u201880\u2019 takes a rhythm and weaves it through the entire track while the final number \u201897\u2019 incorporates deep, stirring string echoes, across which the sax softly sighs and offers the gentlest of melodies.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Davies has created another work that demonstrates his ability to take a rhythm and develop it, while adding melodies and sax phrasing that bring diverse sonic experimentation together and make sense of it all.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/The-Ages-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5645\" srcset=\"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/The-Ages-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/platinummind.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/The-Ages-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/platinummind.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/The-Ages-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/platinummind.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/The-Ages-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/platinummind.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/The-Ages-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/platinummind.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/The-Ages-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/platinummind.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/The-Ages-435x435.jpg 435w, https:\/\/platinummind.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/The-Ages-60x60.jpg 60w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ages | Richard Davies (bandcamp.com) Richard Davies has followed up \u2018A Pagan Landscape\u2019 and \u2018Travel Without Movement\u2018 with another interesting and thematic release with \u2018The Ages.\u2019 Exploring combinations of sounds, Davies extends his curiosity through a series of tracks, creating a mesmeric and at times, thoroughly absorbing album. 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