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Library Tapes: Fragment -
Opinions can be expressed as simply as you like. A mere grunt can convey personal acceptability. So to write about an album involves fleshing out the grunt. Delving into the background and personalities of those who've shaped the art we are confronted with. Light-hearted comparisons to contemporaries to express the...
Hstluft - Haunted parlour piano tudes that tap into an imaginary but nonetheless yearningly romantic future-past, attended by the rattle of ghosts in decrepit devices - the sounds of old record scratches and pops. That's the ambit of Library Tapes, nom de disque of David Wenngren, whose sonic palette consists almost entirely...
Eluvium - Similes -
Ambient music suffered terribly at the hands of a late-90s boom in chill-out compilations, ostensibly assembled to bring one down after a night of hackneyed gesticulating to the sounds of the Gallaghers and their laddish ilk. Bands you knew, remixes you didn’t, but the end products always much of a...
S. - Sylvain Chauveau is well known by now for his pioneering modern classical compositions but S., his latest EP and first release for the Type label, explores altogether more experimental territory. S. presents itself as a meticulously "designed" release; a repeated alternation of slow-boiling ambient and minimal solo piano-phrase pieces that...
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