This is one of the best things I've heard so far this year (along with
Savath + Savalas's "Folk Songs For Trains, Trees, and Honey"). I've
listened to it at least 10 times already in the last 4 days. His first
full length kinda left me cold, a bit too "good old daze of IDM" for my
tastes perhaps, but this new one's a different story.
There's a pretty overt BOC influence on some tracks (especially 3 & most
of all 4) - simple, pensive, mostly minor key progressions/melodies,
slow, slightly treated, looping breaks and an overall compositional
simplicity - and at times it kinda sounds like an IDM take on "Hex"
era Bark Psychosis, but the use of harpsichord gives it a distinct
sound.
I think the Forced Exposure review puts it nicely, even if they might mean
it sarcastically (you never know with them):
"Emits "future classic" status within seconds of play..."
Apropos to the Autechre-clones thread that's been going on this week, I
think this album's a pretty good example of an artist at times overtly
displaying his influences, but somehow also transcending those inflences.
Like I can listen to the album and hear what sounds to me like obvious BOC
influences, but at the same time I don't regard it as a BOC clone because
he put his own spin on things with the use of guitar and harpsichord,
etc..
Andrei
np: Thelonious Monk - Underground
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