SPLENDID LABYRINTHS – Review by Caerdroiandream

Splendid-Labyrinths Low

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 … Leer más

SPLENDID LABYRINTHS – Review by Morpheus Music

Splendid-Labyrinths Low

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 … Leer más

SPLENDID LABYRINTHS – Review by Percorsi Musicali

Splendid-Labyrinths Low

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 … Leer más

SPLENDID LABYRINTHS – Review by Sonicimmersion

Splendid-Labyrinths Low

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 … Leer más

THE OCEAN INSIDE – Review by Dreamfolk.blogspot (English and Spanish)

This album, the first I’ve heard from Max Corbacho, is a work of craftsmanship. I mean, I find it a work that uses a more or less defined language and follows a musical tradition that survives and evolves in time through several artists, with more or less clear influences and origins (the space ambient from … Leer más

THE OCEAN INSIDE – Review by Headphonaught

Loving… «The Ocean Inside» by Max Corbacho.Music has a special place in my life. It has the power to inspire … the power to encourage and build up in ways the other arts cannot. It is accessible. I can experience poignant moments of joy and beauty in the most unlikely of places … all I … Leer más

THE OCEAN INSIDE – Review by Jean Canonne

J’ai reçu ce matin le double album «The Ocean Inside»… Sitôt reçu, sitôt placé dans mon «Ipod» et… quel délice… Vous avez totalement réussi à restituer cette ambiance des fonds marins, ces mystères, ses secrets, ses abysses, et-ce grâce à ces arrangements musicaux savamment et harmonieusement synthétisés… Il y a peu encore, je ne vous … Leer más

THE OCEAN INSIDE – Review by lunarcaverns.blogspot

If ambient music has one defining characteristic, I think it is to evoke a sense of wonder and mystery. This album achieves that core task both in name and in deed. The Ocean Inside takes you on a journey into the deepest depths of your being and simultaneously reveals to you the grandeur of the … Leer más

THE OCEAN INSIDE – Review by MORPHEUS MUSIC

January 2013 Long-form drifting, beatless ambience. STYLE The Ocean Inside wells up out of silence in silken mists of tone that imperceptibly condense into an immense ocean of sound that surrounds you before you know it. The initial feeling is warm and softly wondrous; a sense of floatation is well established and you are immersed, … Leer más