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Jefre Cantu Ledesma – Gift Songs
Hazy, dream state ambiance from Jefre Cantu-Ledesma with Gift Songs on Mexican Summer. Cascades of fleeting piano, washes of synthesizer, subtle percussion. Radiant, patient, gentle, a record at ease with itself. A single track The Milky Sea runs the duration of the A side, while the flip presents 4 thematically linked explorations. At the completion each track moments of silence linger holding the moment in what seems a moment of respect and acknowledgment for the music and contemplation for the listener. Fleeting, drifting, loosely structure and deeply human. The Digital version includes the wonderful 59 minute bonus track September. Gift Songs… Continue reading
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Evan Caminiti – Meridian
Foreboding electronics from Evan Caminiti with 2015 LP release, Meridian on Thrill Jockey. Nine tracks of absolutely ripping synthesizer work. Buzzing, massive basslines, howling caustic melodies and washes of glitched static. Like all of Caminiti’s work – this has a sense of scope and cinema. Not since the desert acoustics of his 2012 release Night Dust have I felt one of his releases to be so precisely in my sweet spot. Nocturnal, melodic, comforting, harrowing, the listener stalked between points dark and light, opaque and translucent, from the safety of a street light to the menacing blackness of the back… Continue reading