They could have taken the easy option and give us a facsimile of the recorded work but instead, forty-three years later, they rip it up and scatter the parts allowing them to thrill and confound in equal measure. Remarkable.
Duet Emmo
2 posts
Mute This one-shot adventure between Dome’s Bruce Gilbert, Graham Lewis and Mute Records‘ Daniel Miller is a sparse and abstract beauty rubbing up against some glowing new wave edginess, a crooked mix of soundscaping with a smidgen of songwriting. A serious art over commerce venture, that the relentless squishy bounce of “Hill Of Men” typifies. A soft and fleshy techno to muffled distant voices and a subtle hum […]