.date 17.05.2007

.genre Ambient, IDM, Abstract

Yet another album from Don & Roel Funcken, this time teaming up with Cor Bolten who released an album with the Funcken brothers under the moniker of Dif:use. Here we have "Mings Feaner", their first release as Legiac. Anyone familiar with Funckarma and Quench will be at home right from the start. Their trademark broken beats, rhythms and melodies are still here, but with a darker, more eerie approach that is particularly apparent on the beatless tracks. It's still recognizable as a Sending Orbs release, but not as much so as it was on previous releases on the label. The tracks vary from warm electronica to weird ambient, although I think the ambient sounds were more engaging on the Dif:use "Febrile" CD, and the IDM style done better on "Elaztiq Bourbon 5", also on Sending Orbs. "Tretz Dizm" and "Vega Orbid" are among my favourite tracks, although some of the ambient ones like "Opaque" are rather dull and don't quite fit the rest of the album.

The artwork by Jeroen Advocaat is once again outstanding. The metal orb on the cover is taken apart layer by layer, revealing an almost creepy looking skeletal interior.

Overall, this is a good album marred by some dull tracks and the fact that there are no real surprises.
must have!

.tracks

1 Coar Wacks (5:26)
2 Actind (1:43)
3 Dide Skin (6:22)
4 Elvers (1:36)
5 Faex Decimate (5:03)
6 Emriz (1:01)
7 Tretz Dizm (5:37)
8 Hallux Abb (4:04)
9 Jed Dalton (5:35)
10 Pinch Era (5:07)
11 Mings Feaner (4:44)
12 Ibaxid (3:03)
13 Vega Orbid (6:00)
14 Upher (3:26)
15 Span Feaner (4:10)
16 Opaque (7:20)
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