School Of Emotional Engineering is a project by Australian electronic musician Ben Frost. After the release of first two ambient albums that were critically acclaimed by the press Frost focused on a bit more different sound switching from ambient to post-rock. As a result the album “School Of Emotional Engineering” was released in 2005.
He is awesome at creating amazing soundscapes but this work is like watching a small slow-motion movie. The music is very gentle with mostly a piano leading the melody, sometimes supported by violin guitar, bass and drums. But mostly it is melted with Frost’s trade mark gentle electronic ambient. Two songs have vocal lines but as for me it was not necessary.
In one of the interviews Frost said that the instrumental part was recorded in few days but he spent a year with his notebook deepening the sound and giving this plate more feeling.
Well the only thing that I can say, this year was worth it!
