from :: car crash, to :: sunset without forgetting :: red wood, and this :: all becomes music compilation, check all Stockfinster stuff and really enjoy ! how lucky you are to discover the amazing Batti me, i am just waiting impatiently, waiting for a new "... start and all becomes music" http://www.stockfinster.nu absolument indispensable ... 5 Thierry Massard 2006-03-10 07:07:27 2006-03-10 07:07:27 Very very tasteful vocals especially on #3. Thanks for the great release. One of the best I've heard. Great! 5 KoostiX 2006-06-01 17:30:45 2006-06-01 17:30:45 there so much going for stockfinster. compositionally it offers popular themes and rythms, nothing to frighten you away. but in addition to that there's some great little bits of experimentation slipped in to make the works so much more interesting. highly reccomended. check out the groups web site for more. better than life 5 greenhouse george 2006-11-22 13:12:57 2006-11-22 13:12:57 still listening to this album and still loving it thanks for the REAL music! ! 5 electrosound.ru 2007-02-15 13:19:44 2007-02-15 13:19:44 "A simple piano harmony that reminds me of In the Nursery, mixed in with loon calls, slow beats, and W.H. Auden’s “Stop the Clocks”. Fantastic!" Excerpt from: http://www.circumjacence.com/blog/archives/12 Review of "Dismantled" Circumjacence 2008-03-05 15:18:04 2008-03-05 15:18:04 5 Mixing elements of electronic and ambient music with more conventional instrumentation and vocals, Stockfinster offers up a lovely, melodic album of what could probably be accurately called post-rock music. One of the things that really distinguishes this album for me is the excellent use of sampled dialogue. Whereas the use of sampled dialogue can often feel stale, too clever, or simply banal and overdone, tracks like "Dismantled" and "Duel" use long passages of movie dialogue in conjunction with the music to create a strong emotional impact on the listener. Other tracks, like the closer, "In Transit," use a single line of well timed dialogue to powerful, almost heartbreaking, emotional effect. "A Crack in Time" is another melodic track that features an excellent chorus with actual vocals, though for this listener it is somewhat marred by the long sample of some New Age guru expounding his views. A couple of other tracks also have vocals, the best of which is "Verge," which is very reminiscent of the Cocteau Twins, though with a more electronic edge to it. Beautiful and moving music. (P.S. - There is an excellent alternate version of the title track to this album available from the Sutemos compilation album "Red, Green, Blue and Other Summer Feelings," which features some great music largely in the shoegaze/post-rock vein from a number of excellent artists. I actually prefer it to the one on the album.) One of the best netlabel releases ever Gordon Hackman 2008-06-16 02:18:48 2008-06-16 02:18:48 5 still one of my favorites! thank you! fine tunes! szquish 2009-01-21 12:04:16 2009-01-21 12:04:16 5 7 5.00