Hammock – Kenotic (10th Anniversary Deluxe Edition) [Remastered] (2015/2015) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz]

Hammock – Kenotic (10th Anniversary Deluxe Edition) [Remastered] (2015/2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:35:28 minutes | 865 MB | Genre: Post Rock, Ambient
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Hammock Music

Hammock’s debut release. Now expanded & remastered. Hailed for its emotional resonance & masterful melding of ambient shoegaze & electronic. Broad washes of crystalline guitar tones and gently pulsating synths convey a sense of broadness and space. This is not simple drone music; it’s complex sophisticated & dense but it’s also not alienating pseudo-intellectual or moribund… Hammock make music that is filled with human emotion & passion.

Hammock’s debut, Kenotic, is in every way a contender for classic status in the shoegazing genre. Expertly merging ambient guitar drone (think Bowery Electric), electronic beats (think Boards of Canada), and live instrumentation (the violin on “Blankets of Night”). Marc Byrd and Andrew Thompson craft a 70-minute sound sculpture, a paean to the beauty inherent in the drone. By turns smooth and expansive, then chiming and circular, Kenotic has excellent sequencing, with moods of tension and relaxation blending together into a perfect evocation of an afternoon drifting in a vast ocean, looking skyward. The music flows in a manner evoking a slow-moving river on a winter day. A notable exception to this is the uptempo (for Hammock) “Wish,” falling at the mid-point of the album, which focuses your attention and re-energizes it. The album art and song titles, (“Overcast/Sorrow” “Stars in the Rearview Mirror.” “The Silence”), along with the mood of the music suggest isolation in nature, but their message is not one of sadness, but of timeless, serene joy. The few people that will find this record will cherish it as something special, similar to One Mile North’s Glass Wars.

Tracklist:
1. Hammock – Before the Celebration – 2015 Remastered Version (02:03)
2. Hammock – The Air Between Us – 2015 Remastered Version (03:42)
3. Hammock – Through a Glass Darkly – 2015 Remastered Version (05:20)
4. Hammock – Blankets of Night – 2015 Remastered Version (07:59)
5. Hammock – Winter Light – 2015 Remastered Version (04:12)
6. Hammock – Miles to Go Before Sleep – 2015 Remastered Version (05:16)
7. Hammock – Wish – 2015 Remastered Version (05:20)
8. Hammock – Overcast / Sorrow – 2015 Remastered Version (03:58)
9. Hammock – Glacial – 2015 Remastered Version (01:46)
10. Hammock – Kenotic – 2015 Remastered Version (04:15)
11. Hammock – Stars in the Rearview Mirror – 2015 Remastered Version (07:03)
12. Hammock – You May Emerge From This More Dead Than Alive – 2015 Remastered Version (01:13)
13. Hammock – What Heaven Allows – 2015 Remastered Version (04:23)
14. Hammock – The Silence – 2015 Remastered Version (05:19)
15. Hammock – Dawn Begins to Creep – 2015 Remastered Version (04:11)
16. Hammock – Rising Tide – 2015 Remastered Version (04:02)
17. Hammock – Always Wishing You Were Somewhere Else – 2004 Kenotic Sessions (Alternate Mix) [2015 Remastered Version] (03:03)
18. Hammock – Turning to Stone – 2004 Kenotic Sessions (03:44)
19. Hammock – Last Horizon – 2004 Kenotic Sessions (03:35)
20. Hammock – Departure – 2004 Kenotic Sessions (02:40)
21. Hammock – Frailty – 2004 Kenotic Sessions (02:48)
22. Hammock – Storm Sets In – 2004 Kenotic Sessions (03:16)
23. Hammock – Underneath the Skin – 2004 Kenotic Sessions (06:09)

Personnel:
Marc Byrd – guitar
Andrew Thompson – guitar

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