#ATM002 David Douglas - Royal Horticultural Society EP
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David Douglas (1983) is a Dutch producer of electronic music. David Douglas (1799) was a Scottish plant hunter who explored North America collecting seeds of plants and trees unknown to mankind at that time. Inspired by the Scottish botanist, David from '83 started looking for his own musical seeds. The greatness of nature – the sublime mountain landscapes, Icelandic lupine fields, arctic coastlines, Californian fir forests – invigorate his music.
'Royal Horticultural Society' is David’s debut EP although it sounds like anything other than a debut. His music can be described as warm, playful, analog, adventurous, diverse and pure. But most of all as he quotes himself: 'It's electronic music for the mind'.
01 California Poppy
02 Dreams
03 Follow The Sun
04 Nocturne Dans La Nuit
05 Athabasca Pass
06 Douglas Firs
07 Lupin Interlude
08 Mauna Kea
I discovered the game Tharsis years ago and played it again recently. So I wondered if one could acquire the original soundtrack. Half Age EP is the soundtrack, but apparently the lyrics had been removed for the game, thus I'm a little disappointed as it is a tad less atmospheric, desolate and dreary with the voices. Maybe Weval could retroactively add the versions without lyrics to this album, that would be nice.
Favourites:
1 Out Of The Game
6 Rooftop Paradise
7 Half Age
Rating: 3.1 out of 4 Moon Flower
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