Julio Di Benedetto - Living At A Higher Frequency FLAC download

Julio Di Benedetto "Living At A Higher Frequency" 2 x CD"Living At A Higher Frequency" is an introduction of Julio Di Benedetto's music released on his own Digital Voices imprint at the end of 2008. It's quite unusual when artist debuts with 2CD album, and on the top of that, packaged in beautifully looking and decently designed 6-panel digipak. Applause for Julio (and Taylor Deupree for design)!!! Yes, the artwork is really nice and perfectly portraits the music of this Florida based artist and surfboard builder/designer. No less than 22 tracks are featured on this double CD, which were recorded during the period of years 2001-2006, they follow liner timeline as mentioned by Julio and are reflecting various stages of his life, including the passing of Julio's mother, who the cd is dedicated to. Thus the compositions are moving across the wider range of diversity, from mid-paced electronica (for example "Forest, River, Sky", "A Point On The Horizon", "Open Your Eyes", "Lifewave", "Here & Now"...) through semi-melodious space washes ("Waveland", "Carbon", "Inscape" or "Living Each Breath") to euphorically breathing compositions ("Back To Center", "Inner Departure", "Thinking Of You Surrounded By Light", "Writing On Water"...), and from minimal experiments ("Ryokan") to kind of eclectic downtempos ("Aquamarine" and "Moving On"). I think Julio excels the most in more dynamic and melodious compositions, even if always keeping them crystalline, fragile, gentle and tranquilizing. From this range I would also pick up my favourite pieces, which include real standouts like "Back To Center", "Thinking Of You Surrounded By Light" or "Writing On Water", all based on catchy pulses, but also "Inscape", "Living Each Breath" or "Here & Now", which are rather more emotionally driven. If you like your ambience pure electronic with percussions and more active, don't hesitate to taste this double CD, which, according to me, remains undeservingly unrecognized by wider ambient audience. So act now, because "Living At A Higher Frequency" is a very strong debut!!! And I will make sure to stay tuned for all future offerings by Julio Di Benedetto.Richard Gürtler (Aug 28, 2011, Bratislava, Slovakia)