{"id":22009,"date":"2021-11-23T05:30:04","date_gmt":"2021-11-23T10:30:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/?p=22009"},"modified":"2021-11-23T08:16:17","modified_gmt":"2021-11-23T13:16:17","slug":"album-review-blue-glass-jardin-des-etoiles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2021\/11\/23\/album-review-blue-glass-jardin-des-etoiles\/","title":{"rendered":"Album Review: Blue Glass \u2013 Jardin des \u00c9toiles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-22010\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/blue_glass_jardin.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/blue_glass_jardin.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/blue_glass_jardin-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/blue_glass_jardin-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/>The placid aural landscape that opens <i>Jardin des \u00c9toiles<\/i> sets the tone for this collection: contemplative, slightly woozy and with a hint of danger. The artist describes the album as seven mood-orientated spaces and starting points for travel and exploration.\u201d I\u2019d say that\u2019s a description that exhibits some healthy self-knowledge; these pieces are evocative, yes, but in a way that leaves things almost entirely open to being processed and filtered through the sensibilities of the listener. That means that what you get out of the experience will be different from my takeaway.<\/p>\n<p>Each track has its own character. There are enough recurring textural touch points to hold the entire work together cohesively, but there\u2019s variety as well. The artist\u2019s own press materials quote a review that likens the music to Side Two of David Bowie\u2019s <em>Low<\/em>, and that\u2019s a spot-on analysis. Strangely, <i>Jardin des \u00c9toiles<\/i> doesn\u2019t remind me at all of Brian Eno\u2019s work. A vaguely Middle Eastern character seems to reveal itself in \u201cJardin des \u00c9toiles III,\u201d but you may hear something different entirely; that open-endedness is a defining quality of this release. And even when identifiable instruments present themselves, they\u2019re in service to the album\u2019s aesthetic in a way that blurs the sonic lines between those instruments.<\/p>\n<p>Markedly different from 2019\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2019\/05\/16\/200-word-reviews-five-vinyl-records\/\"><i>Pale Mirror<\/i><\/a>, <i>Jardin des \u00c9toiles<\/i> is wholly lacking in that record\u2019s pop sensibility. The name may be the same, but Blue Glass\u2019 latest release is about as different from its predecessor as can be imagined. The seven pieces invite the listener on a trip, but it\u2019s an understated one: a trip that\u2019s psychedelic if that\u2019s what you\u2019re after, and meditative if that\u2019s your preference.<\/p>\n<p>The gatefold sleeve defines minimalism one has to open it to find any text at all; even the spine is blank. The records themselves are pressed on translucent orange vinyl.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The placid aural landscape that opens Jardin des \u00c9toiles sets the tone for this collection: contemplative, slightly woozy and with a hint of danger. 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