I’ve been playing a compilation album Mary Anne Hobbs put out entitled Evangeline and I’ve been hooked to one track in particular by an artist by the name of Ben Frost. The title of the track is Theory of Machines. It possesses an aspect I love in atmospheric music – an ability to transport me to another place.</p>
“The music Ben Frost is about contrast; influenced as much by Classical Minimalism as by Punk Rock and Metal, Frost’s throbbing guitar-based textures emerge from nothing and slowly coalesce into huge, forbidding forms that often eschew conventional structures in favor of the inevitable unfoldings of vast mechanical systems.”</p>
“…The emotional power of Frost’s music comes precisely from the stark contrast between extremely basic musical material and the deadly virtual instruments he invents to perform it… This is Arvo Pärt as arranged by Trent Reznor” –Wire Magazine, 2007 “</p>
Learn more about Ben on his site.</a></p>