Massimo Vaccaro - Tamas
World, Ambient, Lounge
Carpi, Italy
Overall Impression: Massimo Vaccaro's Tamas opens slowly, with mellow toned, string-based notes, sustained to hang warmly behind the unfurling composition, and swelling synth like a sun, encouraging each new instrument joining the composition to lift itself and join the sonic stream. Twinkling keys soon appear, busily performing their simplistic pattern again and again, serving as the internal operations and vessels contentedly working away at their tasks as part of the greater sonic organism. Tamas finds its soul, however, in a new synthesized line which emerges mid-piece in ringing crystalline resonance to fly high above its counterparts, mesmerizing listeners and pulling them deeper into a fully immersive experience. As gently as it began, Tamas winds all its parts back in and closes in a single echo leaving anyone fortunate enough to have experienced it deep in mental Shavasana.
Strongest Point(s): Tamas shows incredible attention to tone, with all of its individual layers utterly complimentary, perfectly honed to sound as perfect as possible individually, yet separate and distinct in a way which adds intricate detail and allows each to fill a different need. Vaccaro shows awesome restraint in his pacing, letting the piece develop in its own time, with a tempo that feels somehow conjoined with a breath, or heartbeat. While Tamas is steeped in tranquility, it does show positive change over time, with the addition of new elements adding diversity, and ensuring the composition never has an opportunity to stagnate.
Target Audience Appeal: Tamas is perfect for any yoga or meditative art, or simply anyone looking to promote a sense of peace. I can see spas and other wellness based spaces being quite enraptured, as well as fans of ambient, aesthetic driven music.
Artist target suggestions: Chama Wijnen, Brian McBride, Lawrence English, Tomasz Bednarczyk, Ronald Sims, Brian Eno, Loscil, Biosphere, Chinmaya Dunster, Hans Zimmer, Liquid Mind
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Mary Wildsmith is an FM Radio DJ, and has been involved in both on-air work and radio production for five and a half years, in addition to working the past decade in and out of the live entertainment industry. She has experience with the fickle nature of the music industry, selecting singles to promote or discard for radio play, and engineering stage to audience sound systems. Having worked balancing, troubleshooting, and running audio rigs has enabled her to be both sensitive, and sympathetic, to the finesse and nuance of quality recording. Mary is passionate about promoting new and independent artists, and has spent extensive time in round-table environments discussing music and audio critically, and collaborating with artists to enable them to put the best possible foot forward with their art.