Eye of the Soundscape

by Riverside

Eye of the Soundscape cover art
  • Type: Compilation
  • Released: 21 October 2016
  • Label: InsideOut
  • Country: Poland
  • Length: 1:42:15
  • Community rating: 3.17/5 from 2 ratings

Artists on this release: Marcin Odyniec

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Gathers the Polish progressive rock band's ambient, instrumental experiments, including both previously released bonus tracks and new compositions. The music heavily favors pulsing analog synthesizers and sprawling, cinematic guitar textures over traditional rock structures, offering a deeply atmospheric companion piece to their heavier studio albums. It serves as a poignant, peaceful release following the sudden passing of their founding guitarist.

Genres

Descriptors: instrumental, atmospheric, melodic, progressive, nonlexical-vocables

Tracklist

  1. Where the River Flows (10:53)
  2. Shine (4:09)
  3. Rapid Eye Movement (12:40)
  4. Night Session - Part One (10:39)
  5. Night Session - Part Two (11:34)
  6. Sleepwalkers (7:19)
  7. Rainbow Trip (6:19)
  8. Heavenland (4:59)
  9. Return (6:49)
  10. Aether (8:43)
  11. Machines (3:53)
  12. Promise (2:43)
  13. Eye of the Soundscape (11:29)

Credits

  • Riverside - primary artist
  • Micha艂 艁apaj - band [riverside are], written-by [all soundscapes written by], keyboards, synthesizer, keyboards, synthesizer, electric piano, keyboards, electric piano, keyboards, synthesizer, organ
  • Piotr Grudzi艅ski - band [riverside are], written-by [all soundscapes written by], electric guitar
  • Piotr Kozieradzki - band [riverside are], drums
  • Marcin Odyniec - saxophone

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