Sonix
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Sonix (1996) is one long meandering soundscape of an album with no vocals by Hammill. It is different from Loops & Reels, (another instrumental-only album), in that the album is less experimental and the actual sounds structures seem composed in contrast to being merely studio experiments.
The lush keyboard sounds and interesting guitar noises on are interspersed with various string instruments such as violin and cello, colouring the sound in an effective way. |
This isn’t an album I would recommend except to the committed fan who already has everything, but for me there was a richness to this album that I didn’t expect from the initial description of it. Sonix stands up to repeated listenings, unlike the other similar instrumental albums - Unsung, Loops & Reels and Spur Of The Moment, which, in comparison are less satisfying listens.
Even though Sonix is an instrumental album, it has much in common with albums such as Fireships and Everyone You Hold.