Artist: Tom Opdahl
Title: Black Smoker
Label: Biophon [biosphere@tromso.online.no]
Cat: Bio 2 CD

Second release for Geir Jenssen's label, BLACK SMOKER is a very good
ambient record. Remembering me the first Biosphere's records the sound
of Opdahl is dark, pulsing , hypnotizing, deep and intense. The
fourteen tracks melt one into the other in a perfect way (there's no
fade in and fade out) and they seems one the direct consequence of the
one before. Discovered by Geir Jenssen himself (he listened a demo tape
Tom sent him and immediately he decided to produce his first work), Tom
Opdahl released a perfect record which balance rhythmic tracks with
spacey ones. Mellow sounds, echoes and synthesizer's pads duel with
light bleeps and intriguing atmospheres giving to the tracks a touch of
mistery which make me like this CD each time more. Try to get your
hands on this record because you won't be disappointed: you bet!

Review by: Maurizio Pustianaz