Release data:

Forrest Fang – Animism
CD/DIGITAL DOWNLOAD, Projekt Records, 2012

On “Animism”, Forrest Fang’s ninth solo release to date, a large range of vibrant sounding acoustic instruments and a few synths are at play, melting the music culture of the East and the West in a fascinating, but most of all ingenious fashion.

In just an hour, Mr Fang takes his listeners into an exciting and multi-colored world where the exotic and the organic seamlessly melt.
The nine highly atmospheric compositions contain lots of energy along more subdued moments, and overall shows quite some similarities with the fine crafted world-music oriented output of Robert Rich (who was in charge of the sophisticated mastering of “Animism”), but also Al Gromer Kahn, David Parsons and Loren Nerell come to mind.

It’s the smooth soaring and elevating impact of the alchemy of sounds that makes the outcome sparkle and glow softly in the long run. “Tailing Wind” already makes a beautiful entrance to this well-crafted and hypnotizing electro-acoustic journey, but the third track “Island in the Sky” tops it by far, smoothly lifting things up and taking it into an even higher dimension.

Other ear-catchers are “Sleeping Snakes” and “Resting Point, found at the end of “Animism”: both paint a warm, resonating and highly contemplative atmosphere.
The fact that several of the hybrid, electro-acoustic spaces on the release are graced with some mesmerizing electric and acoustic violin playing along tantelizing percussion, make me recommend “Animism” even more.

In addition to this recording, Forrest Fang has released the 26-minute Ep “Seeds Of Memory” with five past and present generative pieces, intended to complement the “Animism” release. It’s available for free in Flac and Mp3 format from the Treetrunk netlabel.

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