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
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
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
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
Morpheus Music & The Mall Magazine MUSIC Smooth, synthetic ambient zones. This is an album of immersive atmopheres without beat or melody, designed to set the listener adrift. Welling up like waves on the shore, washes of tone arise and roll one over another in constant succession – some deep and sonorous, some light, thin, … Read more
Andy Garibaldi, CD Services Of the sixty seven minutes and six tracks on this excellent space music album, three of the tracks and about 30 minutes of music, feature electronic and ethnic percussive rhythms under the vast sounding cosmic synth layers and textures and melodies that are the heart and soul of the entire album. … Read more
Bert Strolenberg, Journalist & Senior editor E-dition Magazine Moontribe” is contains a collection of previously not published tracks, meant for collaborative projects that finally did not see the light, plus two totally new pieces. I must say it’s great Max didn’t put them on the shelf, as the music presented here is some pretty awesome … Read more
Paul Rijkens, Dutch progressive rockmagazine iO Pages On his records, Spaniard Max Corbacho follows the footsteps of the groundbreaking American ambientcomposer Steve Roach. He does this solo and in collaboration with somebody like Bruno Sanfilippo on the CD Indalo (look in iO Pages 54 for a review). The on CDR released Moontribe contains four tracks … Read more
Morpheus Music & The Mall Magazine STYLE Deep spacey ambience with powerful resonant beats. Moontribe consists of a series of confidently developed electro-atmospheres that slide past with velvet smoothness – clean synthetic sweeps and dense multilayered pads, embellished with mysterious bubbling effects and sonic turbulence. The percussive structures combine natural drums with electronic patterns in … Read more