All Except Fear - Broken Edges

All Except Fear

Broken Edges
​self-released; 2022

By Jamie Funk
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All Except Fear is an artist, composer, musician and sound designer from the UK.  He has been steadily crafting an original sound that expertly combines a deep and cinematic atmosphere, emotional reflection and forward-thinking production. You can hear this on his recent release Broken Edges.

The artist mentions “The Sound I was going for is otherworldly, I am a huge soundtrack fan and always want to create a Trilogy of Sci-fi sounds/music.” That’s definitely the feeling I was getting when listening to the compositions. 

The EP is relatively short for this type of music that comes to about an eleven- minute time length. That being said, it was enough to give me an impression of what the artist is capable of.

The EP starts with “Breakdown” which begins with an ominous feeling. There are multiple long pads intersecting with each other and what sounds like some sort of being occasionally breathing. I was imagining a starship arriving on a mysterious planet not exactly sure what to expect. There’s a strong sense of tension throughout which sort of ends within the last couple of seconds in the composition almost as if you are letting go into space.

“Remove the System” is a piano led song but still contains a lot of the same aesthetics as the previous songs. The composition sounds huge and epic especially as it progresses. It’s very pensive and the sense of tension and loneliness in the song is haunting yet beautiful. A little before the three-minute mark light beams shatter the atmosphere as some sort of cosmic event unfolds.

“No Defence” starts with an ambient cloud of textures and tones. There’s no surface to land on here. It’s misty and ephemeral as it morphs and evolves. The song has crescendos but they are unique. It’s around the three-minute mark that the more ominous low end combines with the misty and airy high end sounds. 

​The music is unequivocally ripe for sci-fi movies. On that note, even without any visual, I found this music does contain a lot of imagery that will pop up in your mind’s eye. Recommended.

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