Harvestman: Trinity

Steve Von Till (Neurosis) may have a reputation as a psychedelic guitarist in the heavy music sphere, but his Harvestman project comes much nearer to producing Tangerine Dream-esque soundscapes, despite the prominence of the guitar as an instrument. Trinity, the third of the project's albums, is a limited edition issue of the soundtrack to a film called "h2Odio" by Italian director Alex Infascelli .

The music, although pleasant, did not conjure up alternate worlds for me in the same way that some instrumental ambient music can: regular readers will know that I've written about such soundscapes in the past. But, with Trinity I had to read the promo material to discover that the music was accompanying a "psychological thriller" which "juxtaposed the beautiful remote island landscape with the tormented psyche and tension of the plot".

The music gave me no hint of a "psychological thriller", nor did it conjure up beautiful landscapes. Sure, it was pleasant, but the almost undisturbed slowness of the tempo and the lack of inventiveness of the arrangements and melodic development inspired little in the way of imagery. As music on a stand-alone CD, its ambient soundscape would mainly be used as an aid to meditation. Those of you keen on such music - starting with the reference call to Tangerine Dream (though, to be fair to them, much of their work is more inspiring), then through the gamut of Brian Eno's atmospheric stuff and other, general meditative, non-mantric soundscapes - may want to check this out.

Track Listing:-
1) Harvestmesse
2) Trinity
3) March to Loch Barren
4) Pure Space
5) Amongst the Heather
6) Dig
7) Don't Play With Water
8) Dead Flowers
9) Pure Phase
10) Reflections
11) Pure
12) Melleadh
13) Separation
14) The Thunderer
15) Sheep Crook and Black Dog
16) Pure Space II

Added: August 5th 2010
Reviewer: Alex Torres
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