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Source: Ortus Obscurum Date: 2002 Review: It is not always one receives a story along with a CD and even when one does, it isn't always certain that it will be a good one. When it comes to Catayo though, I'm glad to say that I was left with a very positive opinion after having read the words, specially written for this release by Elayne Safir. It deals with dream as far as I understand but I also sense that there's a message - perhaps concerning escape from the modern, material world - confined within. But let us not stick to much to the story; there is also a musical side of this CD which must not be forgotten. The first track clearly defines which genre Life Toward Twilight is moving within on this release. This is traditional Dark Ambient, mostly composed of drones, slow rhythm sounds, and samples entwined together in quite grim and bleak soundtextures. It has a quite discrete approach and it works perfectly as background music while reading occult, esoteric or horror litterature etc. Catayo makes me visualise haunted moors, eerie forests and newly uncovered catacombs. It has a very mystical approach for sure that seems to appeal to the midnight side of the human psyche. I think the mesmerising Horbehutet is one of the highlights of this CD. It is composed of some very deep, oscillating drones that supposedly were mostly created from the voice of the composer. It almost feels as if the sounds are imitating the sweeping movement of the Aurora Borealis. |
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