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Infra works as an enveloping and moving work even absent any knowledge of its beginnings. Others may glean different feelings from it than I do, but that is part of the point.
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The WireIf Richter was attempting to instill some of the haunted bleakness of Winterreise into his own music, he has certainly succeeded. [Jul 2010, p.60]
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This may be the most subdued of Richter's Fat Cat releases, but every nuance shows the care with which he crafts all of his music.
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Like Arnalds and Johannsson, Richter is capable of eliciting profound emotions from the barest of foundations, and it's perhaps this that makes their music of such interest to alternative music fans.
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While the pace hardly fluctuates wildly, the constant twists and turns create an emotional collage that's stunning: expect to be left contemplative and euphoric in equal measure.
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Infra holds its ground amongst Richter's finest pieces of music, movie accompaniment or not.
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Throughout Infra, Richter's skill lies in his ability to re-emphasise and reinterpret, to construct an instrumental dialogue and a kind of imagined narrative through repetition and subtle alteration.
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Despite its origins, Infra stands as a staggering achievement, and as an album in its own right.
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By adding just the right amount of static to the sugar of his sweeping arrangements, Richter's created an album that's precisely balanced between accessibility and depth, desolation and joy, melody and noise.
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Infra is a pensive and deeply involving achievement, which rewards long after the credits have finished rolling.
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Ultimately, nothing here can compare to that emotionally taxing album, and it's hard not to wish Infra indulged in a few more grand jetes instead of spending so much time going through the motions at the balance beam.
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What Infra is, is perfectly pretty, atmospheric, rainy day music.
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UncutA sparse, occasionally foreboding mood weighs on these 13 cues, appropriate to Richter's increasingly prolific contributions ti European arthouse soundtracks. [Aug 2010, p.93]
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MojoThankfully it finds Richter exploring other directions. [Sep 2010, p.94]