Bekki Williams

Synth music label AD Music has several new releases that may interest fans of ambient, new age and space music:

• Bekki Williams will be releasing a trilogy of instrumental music albums based on Dante’s Inferno starting in 2009. Apparently there will be three albums released over a 12 month period, so one every 4 months, starting late in 2009, which means the releases will go on into 2010. 
• Electronic music composer David Wright will be performing in the USA in 2009 with guitarist Klaus Cosmic Hoffmann. The first concert will be at the Gathering concerts on Saturday April 18th. Although no further concerts have been announced yet, it is rumoured that a Wisconsin concert is being discussed. 
• The new Robert Fox studio album Evergreen is now available. They call the album a “Majestic tour de force”. Robert Fox is one of the leading UK electronic music composers and he also is -founder of the electronic rock band Code Indigo. 

Edge of Human is the latest release by Bekki Williams. It’s on UK’s AD Music label, which focuses on melodic electronic music, and is also home to David Wright, Robert Fox, Code Indigo, Richard Bone and others. Edge of Human, previously known as Monolith, is Williams’ fourth studio album, though it was originally recorded in 2001. The music on Edge of Human is symphonic electronica/new age music, with an emphasis on broad romantic melodies.

While the music is primarily electronic, Williams uses a lot of imitative synthesis. At its best, this gives the music a massive orchestral sense. On tracks like Where Worlds Collide, Williams makes effective use of percussion, virtual strings & choir to create powerful virtual orchestrations. In addition, Williams uses flute and guitar to expand her palette and give her arrangements more of a live feel. Read more…