Album Review
Sonically and compositionally, Dino Pacifici's Hallowed Ground easily rates as one of the best ambient/space music recordings ever. Pacifici's production on this record is fantastic, but his audiophile quality is second to the rich and sonorous beauty that is Hallowed Ground. Pacifici's choice of timbres is excellent, his use of multi-layered tracking is in a league of its own, and the overall work that he's come up with is a three-dimensional masterpiece that leaves the listener grasping beyond the headphones or toward the speakers to reach out and grab the world that Pacifici has created on disc. Hallowed Ground is comparable to Steve Roach's more tribal and organic works, as well as some of Robert Rich's work in the same vein. Hallowed Ground is distinctly original, and has a sound that's really only been captured by Pacifici himself. Pacifici has masterfully created a work that will endure and will be a point of reference for other artists and fans of audiophile-quality recordings for years to come. Hallowed Ground is as classic as Giles Reaves' Wunjo or Steve Roach's Quiet Music, which are often regarded as absolute staple recordings for any ambient/space enthusiast's collection. In sum, Hallowed Ground is a fantastic recording, and if you consider yourself an ambient/space/atmospheric enthusiast, it's a record that you need to own.
