Honestly, I didn't even know I could do this review because I can't express the utter and ultimate perfection that this album exhibits and shows. Maybe this will even give you a glimpse into who I am and what kind of music most appeals to me. There are still albums that I deem better than this that I couldn't even dream of reviewing, due to the insecurity I have with myself and my own abilities to judge something so far above me, but I have chosen to do this as a challenge for myself, and for others to decipher what makes this album so special.
Instrumentals. This album is comprised solely of instrumentation and, other than a few distorted vocal samples, it is a barren dreamscape of raw electronic sound and surreal distortion that somehow keeps a distant beat with which the album itself draws you in. There are banjo riffs made momentous by electronic white noise that build up to climaxes that contain loud background string and wind instruments, all with an electronic tinge; this only comprises two or three songs. The tracks titles are simply numbers, because it is not the individual parts that make this album what it is, but the combination of climaxes and melodies and harsh noise and minimalistic textures. The tracks are simply footsteps through the lifeless beauty and natural deserts of this album's presence, not individual journeys. They are experiences that all blend together into an amorphous, but somehow perfect figure.
Instrumentals. This album is comprised solely of instrumentation and, other than a few distorted vocal samples, it is a barren dreamscape of raw electronic sound and surreal distortion that somehow keeps a distant beat with which the album itself draws you in. There are banjo riffs made momentous by electronic white noise that build up to climaxes that contain loud background string and wind instruments, all with an electronic tinge; this only comprises two or three songs. The tracks titles are simply numbers, because it is not the individual parts that make this album what it is, but the combination of climaxes and melodies and harsh noise and minimalistic textures. The tracks are simply footsteps through the lifeless beauty and natural deserts of this album's presence, not individual journeys. They are experiences that all blend together into an amorphous, but somehow perfect figure.
This album doesn't need lyrics. It takes you to a world where you transcend lyrics, the music contains all of the lyrical content you need. It doesn't give you direct words or specific phrases, but ideas, and moods. It is a slowly shaping fog that keeps a monotonous tone, yet somehow retains it even while changing the music to many different genres of instrumentation. I am recommending this to you, to anyone who reads this. It's hard to explain albums like these with words, because it doesn't give me any words to work with. It doesn't give me any motive, any reason, it just gives you track after track of experimental beauty, and somehow it all fits together like some sort of puzzle. You don't consciously fit it together, but when the album is over, everything seems right. This album is the epitome of subtlety and independent thinking. You can interpret it anyway you want it, but deep down you'll always have the same feeling. There's no room for guesswork, because there is too much room for guesswork.
Everything from the buzzing, distorted piano riffs to the powerfully harsh guitars playing over soft ambient drones never gets old, and always surprises me when I detect something new. The replayability is 10/10, the originality is 10/10, the production quality is 10/10, and finally, the album, musically, is 10/10.
I went out and bought it right after I heard it from an direct download just to show Trent support for his steadfast and hard work for both his fans and the music industry as a whole. He has always worked to help out independent artists, while being selfless and giving out his own melancholic music for free on a regular basis. By the way, if you want to download an album for free without worrying about the party van coming after you, don't use torrents and just direct download from mediafire or rapidshare. The /rs/ board on 4chan has almost anything you can think of, so use that, filetram, and filestube as search engines for music you really want and/or like. If you like it enough, you should really go out and buy a physical copy. You both support the artist and gain something of personal and sentimental value to you.
Tracklist:
Ghost I: Tracks 1-9
Ghost II: Tracks 10-18
Ghost III: Tracks 19-27
Ghost IV: Tracks 28-36
Sample Track- Ghost 28:
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