I said that arovane is dead. well TIDES is 4 years old -new for my ears- and it's a gorgeousl album with great sounds and beautiful melodies.

Agreed.

there really isn't anything that can live up to this album. the same vitality is found in MHTR. these are unexplainable albums. for lack of a better word, they are classics.

Tides surprised me after only hearing Atol Scrap previously. Atol Scrap is one of the more intricate albums produced, while Tides is constructed so simply, yet at the same time complexly through exceptional harmonic progressions.

Zahn is genius.

Tides captures that melodic sound perfectly. You right, autpt, about the fact that certain albums carry with them an inexplicable vitality. Albums like: Anders Ilar - Everdom, MHTR, Tet - Pause, STC - Sea Biscuit, TRR - The Amateur View.

nice Spacetime Continuum and To Rococo Rot references...good albums indeed.

David, im sure you've heard it already, but you'd probably like Helios' Unomia album. it's pretty similar in organicity (is this a word?), but instead it gets a bit darker. it plunges to the core.

Sea Biscuit just sends me off. Amazing.

then how about O Yuki Conjugate's "Undercurrents in Dark Water"?

I first heard AROVANE through NAPSTER and it was some tracks from the Icol Diston compilation that I managed to download.

Andar is one of my favorite tracks ever. Subtle delicate and yet very strong and industrial sound design wise. Unquestionable one of the best tracks ever made with a synthetizer.

Later I got Atol Scrap, which I enjoy big time. Great album and my fav LP from AROVANE.

Times has changed, and AROVANE sounds way old school, but I definately don't mind. Uwe Zahn is a great musician who makes enjoyable and nice to listen music that is also very deep emotionally and beautiful for the soul.