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On another note: new italian review.
“Cinquantadue minuti di musica strumentale magistralmente orchestrata da Tristan Irvine, meglio conosciuto sotto il nome di Fragments of Winter. Stiamo parlando del secondo disco di questo giovane artista, Skyrockets, un mix di elettronica e musica ambient che fanno riflettere e rilassare allo stesso tempo…”
Here’s another brand new review of the record done by an amazing italian website. Thank you!
“Un viaggio, un sogno, un mondo parallelo. “Skyrockets” è un opera ben strutturata, in cui si incontrano passato e futuro, poiché musica classica ed elettronica sono “shakerati” insieme alla perfezione, creando un cocktail veramente inebriante… 8.5/10″
Sorry for the massive lack of updates, but these last months have been a little “out of focus”, shame on me! Anyways, here are a few new reviews of the album, this time in english, done by some fantastic music websites (you should check them all regularly to discover always fresh and interesting music).
“It’s all instrumental work, but the music tells a story…seriously now, you haven’t heard this before! If you have ever wanted to hear an album that drags you in deep and forces you to confront your emotions, then this would suit… 4/5″
Read the full review at Spheremag.co.uk
“Skyrockets is a very enjoyable album. The songs do indeed sound as if they are made out of winter fragments with its cold, snow-clad soundscape, but also of sparkling colours and fireworks…”
Read the full review at Iamthecrime.com
“Skyrockets shifts between electro-pop to darker ambience without effort, in a fluid, and subtle manner. On “The Loudest Rainbow”, Fragments of Winter exemplifies the more idealistic side of this project, with it’s riveting echoey synths, and propulsive percussion…”
Read the full review at Neonmusicalinsight.com
The project has also been featured on Kata Rokkar at this address.
And that’s it for now. I wanna try to keep track of any feature, review, interview, etc that the project may receive throuth the world wide web, so if you wrote about it or you know someone who did, please let me know and I will post a link on the website.
“Quale rapporto pensi si venga a stabilire in questo modo tra uomo e macchina?
Sotto un aspetto generale è qualcosa di indispensabile e ormai comune. Al riguardo, spesso ho il desiderio di esplorare epoche antiche e provare a cambiare vita eliminando tutto ciò che risulta superfluo, avere un contatto più diretto con la natura..chissà, magari un giorno, quando verrà messa in commercio la macchina del tempo…”
“Ci troviamo di fronte a un giovanissimo talento italiano che sfida le leggi del mercato e lotta contro la noncuranza che regna sovrana nel nostro paese, per incorporare grazie alla smania creativa una costellazione di suoni, influenze e paesaggi trasognati. Tristan Irvine, mente dietro l’intero progetto, confeziona atmosfere oniriche che rompono il gelido muro della strumentazione digitale, forte di una capacità emozionale imprevedibile e grazie ad una lucidità compositiva estrema…”
Get them now at Bandcamp.
Listen to the albums in their entirety and perhaps.. buy them?
You are the one to name the price and choose the audio format you want to download. Isn’t it great?
[If you want to experience the albums in the best way possible, please choose FLAC or Apple Lossless, which are high quality, totally gap-less formats]
Plus, I wrote a track-by-track documentary for Skyrockets (which you will find in the about section) so you’ll be able to perceive a better view of the record as a whole and understand its musical meanings, while it flows song after song on your music player.
The albums are also available at Amie Street and Jamendo, if you prefer (but I highly suggest you use Bandcamp anyway).
Personal opinions, thoughs, reviews, love mails, hate mails are welcome and appreciated, both through comments and by email.
This is the official website for my project, Fragments Of Winter, and I will take care of it personally.
You can find updates, news and journal (you don’t wanna miss a thing? subscribe to the rss feed), listen to and buy the albums released so far, read the bio, look at the pictures and download the press kit (not available yet).
Also, if you would like to review the record, make an interview, talk to me or whatever, drop me a line and I will be glad to answer you back.