artist : Gamma Proxima
genre : Acoustic / Instrumental
year : 2010
Gamma Proxima‘s debut Long Road is sort of an example for other acts to imitate, be it any genre that you might be looking at. Being silent all this while as they claim to be since their formation in 2005, Gamma Proxima has released something that is going to shut you up. The Finnish-duo Sami Ruohonen and Antti Sorsa play acoustic and instrumental tracks and 2010 saw them release their Ep which contains five tracks.
The tracks are Long Road, Loneliness, Formations Of Yearning, Immersions, Dusk Of Desolation. Five simple ideas have been executed to produce five divine tracks. This Ep managed to provoke the poetic bit in me and here I put down a couple of lines that just took their course from thoughts to words. Well, I began walking on a long road and somewhere in between loneliness gripped me leading me towards a heartache that was followed by the formations of yearning. These thoughts of mine looked for immersions. With not much to choose I welcomed the dusk of desolation, and now I love this feeling of obscurity. Leave me alone on this long road.
Well Gamma Proxima‘s musical sense makes one thing evident that the two men involved here have understood the way of expressing the true idea behind their tracks even as they prefer to be vocally invisible. They take us through an experience that basically allows you to live through the tracks and you will know that the tracks have been named that for a reason.
Long Road is what you need if you are an insomniac. Play the Ep and it will put you off to sleep. Powerful, aren’t they?
Rating : 4/5
September 27th, 2010 at 4:45 pm
love them ..man …
September 29th, 2010 at 9:53 am
yea .. no raising horns for them .. 😛
September 28th, 2010 at 1:55 pm
aye…i told you gamma proxima was the Shit killer duo …rightly said itihas..there is a whole story going on in the album …beautifully put..these two men out there are genius …they have put the whole tale ..and explained it better than words could do
my favorite would be lonliness
music that speaks ,shouts ,screams
September 29th, 2010 at 2:08 pm
thanks for the recommendation .. pure bliss!
November 13th, 2010 at 1:22 am
Thank you very much, Itihas, for the excellent review! Things like this really keep us going and in spirit.
Thanks to everyone for comments! And of course, thanks to akshaya for the recommendation! 🙂
-Sami / Gamma Proxima
November 13th, 2010 at 7:14 am
well do I expect anything else from this post apart from the band itself coming and sharing their thoughts? – yea just the fact that people should be checking out bands like these who are taking time to get noticed ..
Thanks Sami .. 🙂
May 3rd, 2011 at 8:49 am
Gamma Proxima is exactly what i was searching for over a long time.Thanks a lot for making such music.
May 3rd, 2011 at 9:24 am
yes Adam. their music personifies ‘beautiful’ and all it’s synonyms. glad you found what you were looking for.
June 15th, 2013 at 8:45 pm
Hello again, Itihas!
We’ve recently released a new 10-song full-length album “Home Beyond Nowhere”. Make sure to check it out as well! 🙂
-Sami / Gamma Proxima
June 20th, 2013 at 1:26 pm
You bet, Sami! I’ve already heard it, but did not have the time to sit and jot down a review. Will do so in due time. Keep going, you guys. 🙂