Michel van der Aa, Time Falling | The Vinyl Anachronist

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Here’s a cartridge aligning tip for you–before you start listening by ear to see if you’ve done everything correctly, use a familiar recording to check your work. I had just re-installed the Zyx Bloom 3 cartridge on the Fern & Roby Montrose turntable I have in for review, and I grabbed the new LP from Danish composer Michel van der Aa (a truly great name, by the way), and I kept hearing what sounded like inner-grove distortion. I checked and re-checked and I still couldn’t get Time Falling to sound just right. I heard distortion. I heard crackling. I heard all sorts of sonic anomalies that turned out to be, well, perfectly legit. Next time, I’ll use Dream with Dean. Again. While Michel van der Aa, who has composed plenty of modern classical compositions during his career, might be known for more “serious” works, he is known for venturing outside of known genres to dabble in mixed media and electronica. On Time Falling, van der Aa has enlisted the help of Australian singer-songwriter Kate Miller-Heidke to create what he calls “a kaleidoscopic concept album centered around the theme of infinity.” On the surface, this is an “indie-pop” album, a juxtaposition […]

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