Flicker by Igneous Flame / Achromus
The Collaboration
‘Flicker’ and ‘HALO‘ came out of a collaboration between UK based ambient artists, Igneous Flame (Pete Kelly) and Achromus (Michael Stringer). In February 2007, Michael gave Pete a pool of synth based material that he had been working on and Pete produced the albums ‘Flicker’ and ‘HALO’ from that pool. The material became split into two, the more sonorous material was reworked and guitar textures were incorporated, this material became the ‘Flicker’ album. The other darker and more ‘raw’ material was extensively processed and this resulted in the ‘HALO’ album. Some of the original material has been used in both albums - albeit in a ‘Re-cycled’ manner.
‘Flicker’
The more accessible of the two releases, ‘Flicker’ is primarily tonal with an under-current of ethereal mystery and depth. Constructed from Achromus’s synth textures and Igneous Flame’s e-bow guitar lines and abstracted harmonic shapes, melodic phrases are woven around tonally shifting soundscapes. The album’s dark luminosity shines throughout.
Composition, guitar, sound-design and production by Igneous Flame
Composition and synths/pads (source sounds) by Achromus
Tracklist
| 1. | Evergreen | 4:57 |
| 2. | Sinuhe | 6:39 |
| 3. | Off the Horizon | 7:23 |
| 4. | Perfume | 5:25 |
| 5. | Novus Ordi Mundi | 3:52 |
| 6. | Salve | 6:51 |
| 7. | Omek | 3:06 |
| 8. | Colourfield | 4:08 |
| 9. | Through Air and Glass | 5:20 |
| 10. | Glowing Halo | 4:48 |
| 11. | Sense of Return | 3:11 |
| 12. | Accumulator | 4:25 |
| 13. | Oxytoxin | 4:32 |
| 14. | Snowflake | 4:28 |
Credits
Produced by Pete Kelly (Igneous Flame)
Composed by Michael Stringer (Achromus) and Pete Kelly.
Artwork by Kati Astraeir.
