Per la prima volta fuori dal catalogo della sua ad21 – etichetta condivisa con Bruno Sanfilippo– Max Corbacho torna ad incidere un disco a ben tre anni dal capolavoro “The Ocean Inside”. Un lavoro che segna un cambio di prospettiva di una certa importanza nella carriera dell’artista spagnolo, forse il più abile e talentuoso fra gli esponenti dell’ultima … Read more
Since he started out releasing music in 1999, accomplished composer Max Corbacho had delivered the ambient community a very nice and consistent collection of highly spherical ambiences. «Splendid Labyrinths» (following right after his download-only dark ambient recording «Future Terrain») is a next chapter in his what Max likes to refer to as his pursuit of … Read more
It’s been nearly two and a half years since Max Corbacho released his last album, The Ocean Inside, which was an epic two and a half hour journey through monumental soundscapes and gorgeous atmospheres, the entire album an ambient masterpiece, concluding with the hauntingly beautiful Deeper Into the Ocean, a song I wished would never … Read more
STYLE Vast beatless zones and undulating velvet expanses: Splendid Labyrinths is an album of ambient immensity and immeasurable time. Max Corbacho’s latest release features heaving multi-layered drones that seem to drift in and out of focus and intensity like slow-motion sunlight filtering through gracefully moving storm clouds. These opulent sonic textures are of impressive fathomless … Read more
L’ambient music odierna si compone di un grosso ventaglio di scelte: generi e sottogeneri in forma multipla, intersezioni con l’attualità digitale e rappresentazioni con sfumature umorali, hanno prodotto un ampio raggio d’azione che, in verità, non è più controllabile all’occhio critico. Si è compiuto un processo di consolidamento, in cui l’iniziale e crescente audience di … Read more
This release from 2011 offers 74 minutes of sparkling ambience. Three tracks comprise this release, and they are long, really long, allowing the songs to gradually evolve and excellently establish a mood of cosmic infinity. Atmospheric tones dominate the first piece, creating a panorama of limitless scope that suits the tenuous music’s sparse definition. … Read more
Having most recently lifted listeners upward with the celestial/sacred drifts of Ars Lucis, Max Corbacho turns the sound around and heads downward in the penumbral, primal and purposely murky spaces of Deep Time. For people who’ve listened to Corbacho in the past, this new release is a distinct departure, a strictly atmospheric work of … Read more