Echo of Longing – a descent into darkness (Corbacho, 2019, Boyce review #1) Those familiar with Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness may enjoy a sense of déjà vu when listening to Echo of Longing, the latest (2019) release by the modern Spanish composer Max Corbacho. This may not necessarily be the comparison Corbacho had in … Leer más
About a month ago I reviewed Max Corbacho’s other release from 2018 titled Nocturnes II; it, like this, is a dreamy soundworld filled with beautiful sonic textures flowing gracefully over one another, eliciting a number of sensations and emotions that flow freely and change from one minute to the next, a dense fog of shimmering … Leer más
The ambient genre has never been more alive, it seems, than today. Decades after its birth (to the degree that a date of origin can be fixed), recordings continue to pour forth at an amazing rate. Recent releases by long-standing practitioners Erik Wollo, Steve Roach, and Max Corbacho provide a good representation of how things … Leer más
A distant sonorous murmur rises in the west. Prisms shimmer in its ambient breeze, which is now blowing like a huge sibylline mass with its esoteric mysteries. «Quantum Cathedrals» begins “Horizon Matrix” with a gigantic sound wave knitted of interwoven layers which accumulate in a mosaic of tones and of contrasting colors. To help soften … Leer más
I’ve been following Max Corbacho since discovering his debut «Vestiges» in 1999. It opened a world of passionate ambient sonic splendour unravelling until this very day. A highly atmospheric, enchanting, vibrant and expansive ambient-space is found on the five tracks making up the 73-minute «Horizon Matrix», an alternate aural dimension even tapping into the infinite … Leer más
Dear friends, I am pleased to present you my new album HORIZON MATRIX, available now on CD and digital download in my Bandcamp store. You can also find it in streaming services such as Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon. etc. After the release of NOCTURNES II in April (thanks for the fantastic reception of … Leer más