30-01-2009, 17:20
Ezekiel Honig - Surfaces of a Broken Marching Band
Right, in another thread I challenged Jon to recommend five of the best electronica releases from 2008, which I would then buy over the next few months in order to expand my electronica horizons. This is the first of them.
The first few seconds had me thinking that this was well off my normal musical compass, but none the worse for it.
My first listen impressions:
The fundamental principles of this CD are soft, hazy keyboards set to North-American-Indian-sounding beats, and sprinkled with field recordings of everyday sounds, none of which are readily identifiable. Haunting stuff...
I liked this a lot. It struck me as fresh & interesting.
Mrs Tiggi fell asleep during the CD, but she has been tired lately :laugh::laugh:.
If I like this Jon, is it now time for me to bite the Fennesz bullet ??
Right, in another thread I challenged Jon to recommend five of the best electronica releases from 2008, which I would then buy over the next few months in order to expand my electronica horizons. This is the first of them.
The first few seconds had me thinking that this was well off my normal musical compass, but none the worse for it.
My first listen impressions:
The fundamental principles of this CD are soft, hazy keyboards set to North-American-Indian-sounding beats, and sprinkled with field recordings of everyday sounds, none of which are readily identifiable. Haunting stuff...
I liked this a lot. It struck me as fresh & interesting.
Mrs Tiggi fell asleep during the CD, but she has been tired lately :laugh::laugh:.
If I like this Jon, is it now time for me to bite the Fennesz bullet ??