With its sophisticated style and minimalist approach, it seems like one thing, but is in fact variations of that one thing a thousand times over. Composing something so simply confusing must have been tricky. The biggest trick of all is to make something so complex but seemingly simple be so focused in the ear; the whole idea is something I cannot fathom- like an illusion.
Yes, Manual’s Bajamar is “ambient” but is that really a genre? Doesn’t that word just vaguely describe what it feels like to the listener? It’s hard to classify organized tones; I would only begin to describe this album as what its ingredients actually are ‘Refined Guitar Art’. Bajamar is a melting pot of small but controlled changes, chord progressions and different perspectives.
To construct an album purely on one concept and have it be both dynamic and noteworthy isn’t easy. This is a different case – it puts the listener in a dreamlike, make-believe state of trance where you can reminisce on wishes and fantasies you may have. Perhaps another way to describe it is that it’s meditative and it could be useful when trying to organized your thoughts.
With its marble like textures, I have only one question; how was it thought up? OK, maybe two… what inspired this serene tone poem?
