'ALLUVIAL' REVIEW The Weekend Australian (July 16/17 2005) by Sean Rabin By processing acoustic instruments and analogue electronics through a precise production method, Australian sound artist M. Rösner has generated music with a language all its own. On the whole avoiding deliberate beats or rhythms, progression occurs via the regularity with which these elegant sounds are allowed to appear. The object of such music is to build ambience with a highly specific aural character, then investigate its boundaries and plausible dynamics. Rösner's rich variety of samples means surprises are constant, never allowing Alluvial to become too passive. Moments of acoustic attractiveness are kept in check with splinters of electricity, while bleeps and clicks have warm tones bubbling up underneath to curb dreams of a machine-only future. Listened to with headphones, shifts in balance become more apparent, sound chasms grow deeper and the overall haunting nature is more possessing. The ingenious packaging of this CD just adds to the impression of Alluvial possessing a beauty of its own design.
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