Rieg is an Electronic Musician, Composer, Player and Live Performer, Producer and Record Artist

Rieg

CD: Return
Year: 2008

The electronic music / new age artist Rieg's 4'th album since 1980. This album is best described as a mix of electronic music, new age and ambient.

Cover Art: Geir Opdal (www.geiropdal.com)

Review by Eurock Magazine
Rieg - RETURN (CD)

Back in the 80s there was the beginnings of what would turn into a hot indie scene in the cold Northern country of Norway. One of the most striking initial artists was a musician who called himself Rieg. He released three powerhouse cassettes of dense, undulating power surge electronics that were highly regarded in the then fledgling International underground DIY scene. By chance I happened to come upon mention of him again just recently and was happy to get in touch with him again.

RETURN is his latest release and it more than fulfills the promise of his earlier works. The synthetic textures at times are still infused with the environment of his glacial homeland, but now he has amped up the compositional content and diversified the instrumental array of sounds.

The production of the album is highly sophisticated and the electronic textures have been infused with exotic instrumental arrangements and diverse themes. This album is not simply electronic music, but more like an aurora borealis of musical tone colors and synthetic tones colors, filled with warmth, emotion and spine tingling bursts of kinetic energy. There's another release in the pipeline, THE ABSYNTH RITUAL, I can't wait to hear it.

Archie Patterson - Eurock Magazine , Portland, Oregon, USA - www.eurock.com

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