Escapology, by Robert Scott Thompson

Escapology

by Robert Scott Thompson

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	1.	Leaf in the Wind 08:49
	2.	Arcadia 10:07
	3.	Departing Landscape 05:58
	4.	Escapology 11:42
	5.	Glenoe 05:41
	6.	Light Fell Gray Among Dark Branches 06:06
	7.	Underland (New Dawn Mix) 13:55
	8.	Still the Syllables of Water Whisper 03:55
	9.	Song of the Standing Stone (Homage to Harold Budd) 06:00

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Released by Somewherecold Records (COLD 095) in 2021.

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Robert Scott Thompson is an American composer of instrumental electroacoustic music who has been delivering beautiful ambient productions for over forty years. Thompson is also a professor of music composition at Georgia State University, United States and owner of the Aucourant Records label where he mainly records his own work. Releases in at least six genres including: electronic experimental pop, modern classical, new age, minimalism and avant-garde.On Escapology released on the Somewherecold Records label, Thompson tries to redefine the orientation of his ambient compositions.

Thompson, like many other ambient artists, was strongly influenced by Brian Eno, the pioneer and master of the genre. In his experimental and computer-controlled music, the American constructs colorful ambient soundscapes with mystical atmospheres and twists. Escapology was imposed under the constraints of freedom and social isolation by the still un-tamable pandemic. The soundscapes express a cosmic rarefiedness and transport the listener to a utopian world of sound. The sonic waves are intertwined with abstract ideas that develop a strong escape force. The title of this release says it all.

The high quality of the dreamlike soundscapes on Escapology remains nicely constant and varied. Thompson uses analog and digital synthesizers that he combines with sound effects created using software and synthesis techniques. The breathtaking soundscapes are accompanied by bundles of ambient sounds that travel like comets between the cosmic resonances. Thompson approaches a perfect balance between the sounds, the (ethereal) atmospheres and the emotions on this beautiful album.

Escapology is an (ambient) route description for those who wish to escape from isolation and muse away from loneliness. Headphones are recommended when listening to enjoy this escape to the fullest. This top ambient work is available digitally and on a limited CD through Robert Scott Thompson's Bandcamp page.

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released June 4, 2021

Cover art by Victoria Bearden.

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Robert Scott Thompson Atlanta, Georgia

The term musical alchemist best describes modern music composer Robert Scott Thompson. Combining his mastery of the electroacoustic, contemporary instrumental, and avant-garde genres into a swirling cohesive whole, he is an important pioneer on music's new frontier.

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