Nearest faraway place vol. 2

by Gert Emmens

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1.	Part 8 08:51	buy track
2.	Part 9 09:24
3.	Part 10 10:04
4.	Part 11 05:41
5.	Part 12 06:20
6.	Part 13 12:16
7.	Part 14 19:03

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"The Nearest Faraway Place Vol. 2" is the second in a series of three albums. Gert Emmens has borrowed the title from one of his favorite bands the Beach Boys. The album was premiered and played in it’s entirety during a concert at the "E-Day-Festival". This is one of the biggest festivals of electronic music in the world, organized by Kees Aerts and Ron Boots of Groove Unlimited. The public (a full house!) was very enthusiastic. And rightfully so! Because with this album the Dutchman has created his best work until now.

It has been said and written on more occasions: Gert is an absolute master in electronic music because of the mix he manages to create: this is a mix between Berlin School-sequencer based music, fine, warm, melodies, some ambient elements and even a little bit of progressive rock. This is a musical style Gert likes a lot.
"The Nearest Faraway Place Vol. 2" must be seen as one continuous piece of music, divided into seven parts (Part 8 to Part 14 because Vol. 1 also consisted of seven parts).
The album already opens with fantastic atmospheric sounds and then the sequences follows, as well as retrosounds such as Mellotron. The beginning of Part 9 could very well be used as filmmusic: it is melancholic and intriguing. Some words in Spanish are used here. A sequence comes that could be regarded as one of the best Gert has ever composed. His soloing is better than ever, though it must be said that there are less solos on this album than on previous albums.
The sequences in Part 10 are thrusting and the solo is soft. Recently, Gert has developed a love for antique drum boxes.
Part 11 starts with a rumba (remember Jean Michel Jarre’s "Oxygene" and "Equinoxe"?). The Mellotronssounds (strings, choirs) are really wonderful here and the melodies memorable again.
The 12th part again opens with great atmospheres and then some of the most menacing sequences follow. Part 14 is very melodically again. Just listen to the sounds at the end!

After hearing "The Nearest Faraway Place Vol. 2" one can only say: hat’s of for the fantastic piece of work Gert has brought to us. And the is still a Vol. 3 to go! The writer of this text already has sleepless nights.

Paul Rijkens

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released January 1, 2009

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