New
name and work from Dave Henson, a mentalist individual who
has realised that in order for himself to remain relatively
sane he must abandon music altogether. However, the likelihood
of this scenario feels impossible for a sensitive man whose
love of music weighs far more important than a harboured mental
disposition. Ascoltare (from fhe Italian word for `to listen')
is fine-grained and structured electronica with environmental
and acoustic samples giving a spatial and organic feel. As
well as continuing the explorations of melody of his previous
work in Mouse Finding The Key and Gwei-Lo, Ascoltare has a
diversity encompassing excursions into abstract dub and experimental
texture.
"Bodyrock
my beat" opens its mechanical mouth and lets you in
on its internal secret. A wave of turntable attack is blended
with soulful humming and a wavey melody, which is holding
hands with some fluorescent ghosts which spin around, causing
staticy pulses to disrupt everything just a little. Its
music on reel to reel, painted onto a cd and loaded into
a soul filter, with extra scratches. Weird, but keeps you
listening.
Minature
clouds made out of dead batteries KEEP on hassling you,
with endless nine ball ricochets and gassy clicks, its what
you would expect in "Lucky Dime". There is a short
wait until the regurgitation machines pop into life, filling
the dry oily air with messages to friends who have long
passed away, in a feeble attempt to escape from this pointless
schedule of madness they are trapped in, whilst the vocals
try to push theirselves into view and end up getting distorted
and blurred with big fat slices of experimental ketchup
jelly on the side.
'Mutiny
In Stereo' is like some slow motion drug that works its
way through yoru blood stream, gradually taking control
of your system. Its like a warped blend of 50 Cent, Aaliyah
and seven hundred robotic sample bots on full effect. Take
a listen and see what you think, I reckon you will like
this one.
Cool
Sam
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