Cosmic Ground ~ 2 ~ 2015
Studio Fleisch Records SFCD04.
 
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1 	Sol 	19:23
2 	Ngc 224 	18:40
3 	Organia 	19:43
4 	Altair 	20:09

Dirk Jan Müller: analogue modular synthesizer, ARP Odyssey, Oberheim SEM, Roland SH1000, Dreadbox Erebus, Solina String Ensemble, Elke Rhapsody, Hohner String Melody II], Hammond M100 & Farfisa Compact organs, Mellotron, Hohner Orgaphon, Leslie 760

A follow-up to his self-titled debut, Cosmic Ground 2 (77’57”) again forgoes the white heat of technology for realizations of mechanical, electrical and analog origin. Utilizing several vintage sacramental synthesizers, in a secret ministry of sound, he performs a most welcome digital detox on his listeners. Across its four tracks Cosmic Ground 2 haunts us with wild pleasures. From its plutonium dense gray desolation and battles with extreme silence, to twinkling modulations and multiple rows of rolling sequencer patterns, we move – west with the night. Arranged under an atmosphere of netherworld sonics, Cosmic Ground 2 throbs powerfully and bounds outward along an electrified musical current. Some sections express themselves without rhythm. In an ever-shifting collage of tones and notes these zones offer classic textures of sustaining rumbling drones – which support a dramatic movement of chords in the upper register. Locked in an impressive cloud of knowing, Dirk Jan Müller’s imagination seems inexhaustible. He is more than merely piloting his gear, and his music is greater than the audio engineering ideas credited to Robert Moog through Donald Buchla. If among its many qualities, this release sounds nostalgic to you, that is a good thing. The present only lasts but 80 milliseconds, so we do live in the past… where most of our lives are. - Chuck van Zyl