Transient Thoughts 012 - Alec Lambert - Heaven Will Be Mine OST

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I read an article a few years ago about the death and rebirth of music.  It described how music as we know it must die in order for it to truly move forward.  While I no longer remember where I read that from, the concepts of it have stayed with me for several years.  

Heaven Will be Mine has deconstructed and destroyed electronic music as we know it, giving birth to a new take on an old genre.  For music to truly grow and expand we need more music that follows this logic, and Alec Lambert certainly has embraced this concept with this soundtrack.

Within the runtime of Heaven Will be Mine the concepts of intentional distortion are embraced, and driven to the absolute extreme.  Stripping the album to its core shows the remnants of  house techno.  However, restricting it to something so simple would be a great injustice.

Heaven Will be Mine takes noise and weaves it into the very fabric of every note, every beat, every melody.  What results is an album that is constantly on the brink of breaking, destroying itself from within.  A cacophonic swell that is barely contained.

The beats are dominant when present and nearly vanquish any other sound that coexists with them.  Melodies are present, however they are buried and it takes effort to find and listen to them actively.  

When the beats are not present the melodies and atmosphere is calm, beautiful, sombre, and ultimately lonely.  It's like the melodies are reaching out for something that has been lost or something that has never been.  They offer a wonderful contrast to the decimation that is brought on by the percussion found in the album.

Heaven Will be Mine is a beautifully tragic album.  It's tearing itself apart from its internal strive and we as listeners can only bear witness.  Through the heavy use of noise and distortion it desecrates what could be a techno album and gives birth to something new.  Something that contains the essence of music as we know it - yet, at the same time - evolving beyond expectations and comfort zones.  I hope to hear more music like this in the future, as this is incredibly rewarding to listen to.
 

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