{"id":317,"date":"2026-02-21T12:38:06","date_gmt":"2026-02-21T02:38:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ambientden.com\/?p=317"},"modified":"2026-02-21T12:38:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T02:38:08","slug":"2025-07-07-tempo-on-the-pulse-for-all-mankind-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ambientden.com\/?p=317","title":{"rendered":"2025-07-07 &#8211; Tempo On The Pulse &#8211; For All Mankind (Review)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-soundcloud wp-block-embed-soundcloud\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ambient Den - For All Mankind - Tempo Review by Tempo on the Pulse\" width=\"1200\" height=\"400\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?visual=true&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F2125777098&#038;show_artwork=true&#038;maxheight=1000&#038;maxwidth=1200\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Broadcast 2025-07-07<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Does that sound a bit off kilter to you?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s probably because it\u2019s set in a 7\/8 time signature, which makes it a driving, disorienting journey that mirrors the unpredictable trajectory of the space race itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We have a layered arrangement of analog synths, soaring guitar textures, and locked-in rhythm work giving the song an urgency\u2014fitting for a narrative rooted in competition, dominance, and destiny.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s tempting to dismiss the lyrics in this as pure stream of consciousness with no real story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In one sense much of comes from phrases and images we have already experienced in the space race.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe seeds of life planted in the tranquil ocean.\u201d<br>\u201cWe come in peace for all mankind.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This track deserves success just for its sheer quirkiness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019ve been listening to it for a while, and just noticed the odd key change subtly slotted in there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s a very clever track, it\u2019s got me completely drawn in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The coming CD has 10 tracks, I really hope they are this good as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It will be released later this month via Bandcamp.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Broadcast 2025-07-07 Does that sound a bit off kilter to you? It\u2019s probably because it\u2019s set in a 7\/8 time signature, which makes it a driving, disorienting journey that mirrors the unpredictable trajectory of the space race itself. We have a layered arrangement of analog synths, soaring guitar textures, and locked-in rhythm work giving the&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ambientden.com\/?p=317\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">2025-07-07 &#8211; Tempo On The Pulse &#8211; For All Mankind (Review)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":318,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-317","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-press"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ambientden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/317","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ambientden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ambientden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ambientden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ambientden.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=317"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ambientden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/317\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":319,"href":"https:\/\/www.ambientden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/317\/revisions\/319"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ambientden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/318"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ambientden.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=317"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ambientden.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=317"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ambientden.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=317"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}