
A perihelion is the point at which an orbiting planet is closest to its sun. Veteran Bay Area ambient musician Forrest Fang's latest, Perihelion, takes rewarding risks by incorporating unusual microtonal tunings into his personal blend of electroacoustic minimalism, space music, and world fusion. Unlike Icarus, these risks do not crash and burn into the sun. Instead, they help unify Fang's Eastern and Western virtual musical worlds with common harmonies that create their own lingua franca.
Fang's new collection draws especially deeply upon his musical influences from progressive music of the 70s to the traditional musics of Asia. "This album took nearly two years to complete," says Fang. "I was seeking a variety of moods and instrumentation that unfolds within an unified arc like a good novel. I also wanted each of the pieces to develop organically — which, in many cases, meant an extended compositional period of trial and error."
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