Label: DiN Format: CD
A buried thud and muffled melody curve out from this unexpected source of sounds. Collaborations are infinitely fascinating – well, they can be – and yet relatively few happen. Are we really so victim to the village mentality as all that? The headlights of the automobiles along the highways are conjured – passing sounds garbled and warbled as they drive, drive, drive…and how difficult is it to accept sound at face value? Must the theatrical imperative be imposed over all the tones in this world and the next? Oh, bother. This is rainy night driving music – and the rattle in the car is not always mechanical, it can be something the baby left.
As the sounds dig themselves from the depths, their lustre begins to shine and rhythm sparkles – has the car been traded in for a newer model? Occasionally, an echo from the past winnows its way into the triptych. Drops of sound flow down the windscreen, restructured in analogue. There is a great feeling of watching, and of anticipation, in these sounds – as though they had been buried for such a long time. Distant signals from another place – eminently patient, listenable and methodical…
-David Cotner-
