When President Obama vowed to fix it, he promised a "tech surge," echoing the language used for Mr. Bush's second-term troop buildup in Iraq.
The incidental drama, too, is purely sonic, made by the echoing and surging of sound from one ensemble to another.
James Horner, who composed the score for "Titanic," hasn't had enough of surging oceanic crescendos or echoes of Irish dances.
01 Kenji Kawai: "Utai IV Reawakening" (Steve Aoki Remix) 02 Johnny Jewel: "The Hacker" 03 Boys Noize: "Cathryn's Peak" 04 DJ Shadow: "Scars" [ft. Nils Frahm] 05 Above & Beyond: "Surge" 06 IO Echo: "Aokigahara Forest" 07 Tricky: "Escape" 08 Ki: Theory: "Enjoy The Silence" 09 Johnny Jewel: "Free Fall" 10 Gary Numan: "Bed of Thorns" 11 Johnny Jewel: "The Key" 12 Kenji Kawai: "Utai IV Reawakening".
Wretch 32's cameo appearance on People, rapping against a bring-out-your-dead rhythmic thud, is hugely impressive, not least because he manages to make his point despite being liberally coated with distortion, subjected to unpredictable surges of echo and having to fight for space in the mix with a particularly dense mesh of harmony vocals.
The second track, "Push Up On Me", features echo electro claps and surging synths.
Meanwhile the revivalism that's always part of indie-rock is surging again — not only in the 1960s echoes of Best Coast, but in the straight-faced early-1970s revivals of blog-beloved bands like Free Energy, Gayngs and Local Natives.
Playing to a packed audience the group tear through their material: echo-laden vocals howl throughout the sweaty room, surging guitars create a swirling psychedelic vortex and the groove-heavy bass lines roll along with taut, propulsive drums.
Zemlinsky, Arnold Schoenberg's brother-in-law and teacher, accompanies this dark tale with opulent textures, surging climaxes and swirling, sensual colors in a late-Romantic language that echoes Strauss and Mahler.
There are echoes of the 1960s Miles acoustic quintet in the time-stretching Mikrokosmos and the impatiently surging Faces; the brushes-swung, bass-walking Oni is a masterly trumpet-improv balance of poised long runs and richly nuanced short figures.
