Woob - Em:T 1194 Review

Woobs music is an ambient take on the peace and tranquillity in the world. The Em:T 1194 album has 6 tracks:

1. On Earth - 32'13"
2. Odonna - 13'15"
3. Amoeba - 01'45"
4. Wuub - 09'29"
5. Strange Air - 10'32"
6. Emperor - 04'28"

On earth takes first takes us on a journey to Africa, people talking in the streets, like a busy market place, you can sense that it is a very mellow atmosphere. we can then here a woman, from the middle east singing, this is a change in the atmosphere, and it seems very serious.

We are then taken into orbit around the earth, its quiet and peaceful, it then brings us down into a jungle, you can here the birds singing, it leads us into a sort of village and the woman is singing again. This track helps us to block out all the war and suffering in the world and leaves us with peace.

Odonna, is begins with beating drums and long high tone cords, towards the 9 minute mark the chords become deeper giving a sense off loss, something missing or gone, very deep and meaningful music.

Amoeba begins with a sort of printing machine going off, it then leads into a harmonica and guitar melody, gives the image of romance, on a river, then leads to the sound of frogs and heavy foot steps. This is a very good track, it gives a good atmosphere.

Wuub starts off with a line from a film "Alex, you know there's only one way we're going to end all this...", this was taken from a classic horror move called ‘Night of Dark Shadows’, there is a female vocalist, again middle eastern, through out the track, it gives off an very eerie atmosphere.

Strange Air first gives the impression of tranquility, the there are sounds of some sort of aircraft I would presume, there are samples of films throughout this track, a horror film, similar to the samples in Wuub. It then goes into a deep chord session, it gives the feeling of fear and paranoia.

The final track is name Emperor, it’s named this because of the Emperor penguin calls that go on throughout this track, it begins with a very deep base line and then gradually gets smoother and becomes more tranquil and the sounds of the penguins begin to fade into nothingness.

Overall, Em:T 1194 isn’t an album, it’s a journey that takes you’re around the world and back, and all in the space of 70 minutes.