barry adamson has been making quietly brilliant albums since the late
80's but he never seems to get the recognition he deserves. his biggest
splash was probably contributing a few tracks to the "lost highway"
soundtrack.
anyway he's back with yet another slab o genius entitled AS ABOVE SO
BELOW.
ingredients:
hipster jazz
amazing melodies
clever lyrics
weird noises
the first track "can't get loose" i have listened to about 20 times
already today. starting with fuzz guitar, a drum loop, and some
amon-tobin-esque vibe keyboard lines, it goes through a sorta spy-movie
verse into an unbelievably catchy chorus which plays off the old classic
"can't get used to losing you" by changing the words into "i can't get
loose to using you".
the last track is a purely abstract noise thing.
i've run out of time to talk about it but... trust me... it's good.
http://www.mutelibtech.com/mute/adamson/adamson.htm
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