Alexander Stordiau is a Belgium composer with a Tangerine Dream groove, and one who (at least to my specialized imagination) invokes a twining psychedelia that's both lurid and saturating. His latest release (via Timeless Music Records) is a five-minute backdrop for a drive-in horror flick, which places it all the nearer to my sardonic heart.
"Nothing's Ever Acquired" is, from another vantage, a single that projects the carnival-barker breeze of an old-time spook show. This means it also pumps an inviting menace that could accompany any bold soul on a nocturnal, graveyard stroll.
As the sojourn extends, it gets quite Carpenter-esque, with (maybe, just maybe) Michael Myers and Captain Blake sneaking among the fog-strewn expanse. Can one possibly escape their resolute clutches? (Probably not.)
To benefit this eerie but exhilarating predicament, Stordiau weaves Bava, Argento and Fulci at the corner of Ossorio and Naschy, a noir-sh spot where throats are cut and resurrection is but a regurgitated gut away.
And just when one thinks the palpable atmosphere has faded, Stordiau fuels a new, demon-gassed run, his composition tip-tapping along an electronic, Carpathian pass filled with monsters pale and fanged. This morose but melodious manifestation is tellurian yet unearthly: a twofold work of both-ends genius that comes full circle with ideal frightful delight.
Stordiau's musical haunt is well worth the possession. Summon it at https://bit.ly/3Qp3gCI
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