max Morpheus Music & The Mall Magazine STYLE Expansive beatless spacey ambience created by the establishing of immense translucent zones of overlapping tonal masses. These swelling multiple layers are lustrous and dense like massive backlit clouds drifting in darkness. A warmth breathes into some pieces, still panoramic and open, but with waves and undulations of harmony … Read more
Marius-Christian Burcea, Host of «Journeys to the Infinite There are many ways to describe «Talisman» but the best way is to try it for oneself, and that is what this album is all about: the experience of fragile vastness of our psyche. Max Corbacho provides mind altering soundscapes as each track connect us to Luminous … Read more
Matt Howarth. SONIC CURIOSITY This release from 2006 offers 72 minutes of calming ambience. Expansive tonalities conspire with dramatic electronics to generate lavish soundscapes linking abstract realms with human ambitions. Textures flow seamlessly, ascending to untold altitudes while simultaneously burrowing deep into the listener’s cerebellum. Ponderous tones swirl and coalesce while delicate embellishments waft through this … Read more
Max Corbacho composed The Talisman between 2004 and 2006 which is essentially made up of a series of beautifully arranged, atemporal, and ocassionaly improvised ambient recordings that all share the artist’s passion for creating atmospheric and deeply contemplative sounds and textures. Armed with his undeniably perceptive inspirations and imaginings, Max worked tirelessly (particularly with his … Read more
Paul Rijkens, E-dition magazine The Spaniard Max Corbacho is a master in creating atmospheres. It is not the first time that I have put my admiration for his music in writing, for «The Talisman» this will not be different. Stronger: in my opinion with this album he has created his best work until now. Armed … Read more
Phil Derby / Electroambient Space Gorgeous and breathtaking, The Talisman is pure floating space music of the highest caliber. Delicate drifting soundscapes pass effortlessly by. From the opening passages of “Amnios,” there is a metallic shimmer to much of the sonic textures. Layers upon layers of soft sounds are gently weaved together, one sliding smoothly … Read more
Stéphan Geschiere , independent reviewer, Holland «The Talisman feels like awakening in an ever-evolving ocean of pure sonic bliss» …tapped from Max Corbacho’s deepest sound-research, one of Spain’s finest soundpainters, here he represents his latest most exquisite release to date, ‘The Talisman’. Working, studying, digging on this sacred project for quite some time, envelopping, constucting, … Read more
Bert Strolenberg , Journalist E-dition magazine, www.e-ditionmag.com Max Corbacho’s brandnew album «The Talisman» is another great, highly atmospheric journey. It features 72 minutes of expansive and in-depth textural music with a strong cinematic and dreamy impact, spread out over 11 tracks. The title track is certainly one of the highlights, entering both wonderful as heavenly … Read more
The Talisman is the 7th ambient atmospheric space CD from Max Corbacho.Eleven compositions created between 2004 and 2006, based on new, on the edge, harmonic and textural explorations. Intense, light, dark and purely atmospheric, most of these songs were composed during various, long, deep meditative improvisation sessions. » In the planning stage, I have developed … Read more
Interview with: MAX CORBACHO Ambient Soundscapes from Spain: an interview with Max Corbacho Max, what were your first steps in music…. how did you get involved in electronic music? During a long time, my first favorite groups were the big dinosaurs of the symphonic rock, Pink Floyd, Yes, Kansas, Genesis… and kindred bands. Besides, … Read more