Style: Droning ambient
Primary Emotions/Themes: Lost in a dream on a neon drenched city street
Thoughts: Where am I? Am I dreaming? Am I awake? Am I floating or am I on the ground? What is this place? All of my senses are saturated, yet I feel nothing. Everything is overwhelming yet I am at peace.
Fox's Neon Rain is an album that is near and dear to my heart. I was fortunate enough to work with Underwater Computing and Fox during the release to promote the record. This removes any sort of unbiassed opinion I have of this record, and ya know what? That's ok.
Neon Rain is an album that thrives on saturation. It saturates my audio senses with slowly progressing droning melodies. It saturates my imagination with the small details hidden in the mix and the vocal samples hidden there. It saturates my entire house when I listen to it with its wall of sound approach to the music creation. It's a special album.
The album is a clinic in how to create music that goes well beyond the confines of the individual components. The individual sounds and melodies are not particularly notable on their own... but the way they are combined and woven together makes them far greater than the sum of the parts.
Lets take a few moments and look Electric Birth... the first moments that we share with Fox on this record. Three notes start playing; subtly and softly they gain my attention. As these notes continue throughout the entirety of the song they are joined by sounds and ambient pads that fill out the sound stage until I am completely enveloped in its grasp. And that is the blueprint for the entire album.
Subtlety is the main actor in Neon Rain. This is not overt music by any means. It is meant for quiet contemplation and reflection. It brings me to a place of peace and stills my mind when I listen to it. I find so much to enjoy from this album, and I feel honored to have it in my collection.
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