STALKER (WITH B. LUSTMORD)
Robert Rich
•Progressive Electronic
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All instruments by Robert Rich and Brian "Lustmord" Williams Fathom Division/ Hearts Of Space, Catalogue Number HS11059-2. Thanks to Matti for the additionEdit this entry |
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Essential: a masterpiece of progressive rock music(27%)
Excellent addition to any prog rock music collection(27%)
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ROBERT RICH Stalker (with B. Lustmord) reviews
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PROG REVIEWER

I have seen and enjoyed the film, and I could simply state that Rich & Lustmord have captured the strangeness of the 'forbidden zone' (and that alone). But that would sound as if I found this music interesting and rewarding to listen. No, it mostly just made me tired and frustrated. It's so minimalistic and eerie in the same way from start to end that it asks TOO much patience. Maybe it would work better as background soundtrack for a horror story.. no, the atmospheres would not fit together anyway. There's just the hollow, estranged sound wallpaper that keeps continuing, with wailing and extremely slow layers of synths and distant-like throbbing or dropping sounds. It evokes images of sinister unknown place; abandoned, post-disaster, unsafe, vast, metallic, threatening... But the whole 68 minutes of it is too much time to waste. The film, very slow and demanding itself too, at least offers a "whole" art experience, whereas listening to this CD just leaves you wandering in the scene all alone and blinded.
The key words, again: DARK, MINIMALISTIC AMBIENT. If you want that and nothing but that, this is your music! Others, just ignore.
COLLABORATOR Eclectic Prog Team

I think for ambient music to work, it has to leave some room for the listener to insert his own thoughts into the music. It has to stimulate the imagination, providing just enough material to get you going and then backing off. Stalker, on the other hand, is oppressive and pessimistic. It doesn't open the doors to your subconscious, it closes them. After countless listens I still can find nothing in this music to reward my patience.
So with reluctance, I have to advise even avid fans of minimalism and dark ambient to steer clear of this one. Pick up Zeit by Tangerine Dream instead.
PROG REVIEWER

Robert Rich definitely adds a bit of life to what would have been a fairly dull, regular Lustmord album. Superb late night listening which could almost leave you comatose. There's a tremendous sense of space created which prevails throughout this 68 minute album, which continually warps ever so slowly in a kaleidoscopic manner.
This is one collaboration which truly bore fruit and is quite rightly viewed as one of the best dark ambient recordings ever produced.
On a more morbid observation 'Stalker' could just as easily be viewed as the sounds Ted Bundy heard in his mind whilst creeping up on his victims. You can just imagine him peering over hedges and garden walls looking at people. Yikes!
Very quiet, and without too much tune, 'Stalker' hits all the right notes with its atmosphic darkness. Almost like a vulture hanging over your shoulder like impending doom.
It's too late for Earth, save Uranus.
Latest members reviews
To build off what Matti said, DARK, MINIMALISTIC AMBIENT. Yes, that's exactly what you are going
to get here. The whole idea of this kind of music is to take out what is unnecessary and let the
listener fill it in. What this has to do with rock I have no clue, but it's definitely progressive
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