Atlantis - Carpe Omnium

Tracklisting

Reviews

Labelmates Atlantis are in fact a one-man project turned full live band. Don't let the ice cream shades of Carpe Omnium's (7) cover art misleasd you - the instruments inside are, while manifesting an elusive sweetness, predominantly dark and foreboding, albeit in reverberating, dusky, multicolour beauty. Feels the way 4AD stuff did decades ago. 

Terrorizer  (May 2008)

The instrumental soundscapes of Atlantis are not boring per se, but neither do they reach out and grab you by the throat. With 'Carpe Omnium' sole member Gilson C. Heitinga has created a record that blurs the lines between electronica and post-rock with generally positive results. When 'This is Heavy' and 'Constantinople' shift out of first gear, their combination of driving guitars and skittering electronics brings to mind the multi-layered majesty of 65daysofstatic.  But not every track rises to the occasion, many seem plesant but somehow lacking. So while Atlantis displays potential, 'Carpe Omnium' feels more like a work in progress than a final product.

For fans of: 65daysofstatic, Mogwai, The Album Leaf

7/10

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