Review: Electronic Barnacle Island

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Electronic Barnacle Island
“Deeply Faulted Area Resembling an Upright Deck of Cards”
(KiraKira Disc Records)

Aaron Noel entirely composed and performed the music of Deeply Faulted Area Resembling an Upright Deck of Cards. The instrumental electronic music is an interesting juxtaposition of floating, will-o-the-wisp melodies and angular rhythms. Noel claims George Winston as well as the early work of Vangelis and Tangerine Dream among his influences, so this explains the eerie, melancholy melodies. The post-industrial, mechanical beats are of a more contemporary stripe.