Tim Hecker - An Imaginary Country - Music & Performance - CD

An Imaginary Country continues from the trajectory of Hecker's last album, the critically acclaimed Harmony in Ultraviolet, while also showing a few new tricks. Tim has incorporated more pulses into this work and also works with a sound pallete including overdriven mellotron strings and synthesizer. At times this album is less overtly aggressive than previous works, but the notion that this is pastoral work would be dead wrong as there are plenty of the agitated crescendos that he is known for. This music backs off from the void of immensity in favor of a terrain of lushness and warmth. 2009.