Rudy Adrian keeps on surprising the listener with his excellent blend of retro-electronic music and ambient soundscapes. In the USA, people now also had the opportunity of seeing this special musician live because he toured there in 2002. The result, "Concerts in the USA", contains perhaps the best music the New Zealander has produced until this moment.
The CD opens with "Japanese Garden" with beautiful atmospheres, which accompany Rudy’s dark voice and a big, Vangelis-like, solo. Then the sequences enter the music in "The Donner Pass Rail Corridor". They become heavier and heavier as the piece further progresses and Adrian gets the chance to put in even more solos.
After more atmosphere and Nick Prosser’s baroque flute in "Rocks and Junipers", the sequencers return in "Alpine Meadow", an intriguing track with again, great soloing.
"Island Of Pirates" opens with loops after which another beautiful quiet composition emerges.
"Evening's Last Sequence", a recording from "The Gathering" festival in Philadelphia, does its title justice because it has a wonderful solo.
"Turquoise Drift", a very warm and intense number, is the only piece which is not performed in the USA but in New Zealand.
With "Concerts in the USA" Rudy Adrian has definitely placed himself in the top of electronic music.
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