RICOCHET

An appropriate development with obvious refinement. This "Ricochet" was performed and recorded on a TANGERINE DREAM stage in front of the enthusiastic audience. As for the whole performance of Ricochet Suite, their soundscape and atmospheric construction can be felt superb and surrealistic, both of which could give dreamy philosophical views and vibes to the audience. Their repetitive convoluted sound structure should be really too well-calculated and strictly-planned for other electronic followers to copy or imitate so easily methinks.

The first phase of this suite would get positive steadiness in a more polished and more ethnic manner than previously. The percussion / drumming launching a bunch of tribal mood obviously gets intensified with more German psychedelic movements, and multi- dimensional electronic components let us feel more strongly elegant palpitation. Simple repetition of musical phrases can be felt stretched solid and mystically melodic, and notify us they would have developed musically and digitally, electronically. Simultaneously, they would keep their 'dramatic' Krautrock essence as something cynical and distorting here and there ... it's exactly our pleasure.

The latter phase sounds more and more delightful and fashionable especially in the beginning, but do not be deceived, they discharged weirder and darker atmosphere just in the middle part, as if they might have shouted they never forget such a texture as their musical basis ... this bizarre might be in the similar vein of their first shot "Electronic Meditation" (a reviewer said "Electronic Meditation" could never be thought as their electronic roots but who believes?). They might keep this complicated method as a trauma I imagine ... could not avoid at all. However, they played their novel (but a tad tinged with previous flavour) clear identity perfectly on the stage, that could gain lots of cheers from the audience. In natural, let me say.

"Ricochet" is one of the greatest progressive electronic works we can say, without any suspicion. Cheers from me too.