I listened to this in
the bath and I really enjoyed it. I
enjoyed the album as well.
2013 could well be the
year of ‘doing a Bowie’ as artists make new releases with little or very short
notice. Putney’s very own Kieran Hebden,
has unleashed new album , 0181, on the world with very little notice, and, has
uploaded to Soundcloud for a free download.
It truth, it’s not
really a new album, it doesn’t even have a tracklisting. It’s more a collection of old tracks and bits
‘n’ pieces, which have been connected an almost continuous stream of
loveliness.
The music was produced
prior to the wonderful Rounds album, and, is in a similar vein. Starting very slowly and with a distinct
chill-out feel, the ‘individual’ pieces are short but cohesive enough to keep
you interested, slowly rising to more substantial percussion before fading off
again from whence it came. It manages to
keep alive by the sheer change of style and sound, every little click and bleep
is a joy with its slight rough edges adding to the overall charm.
So many instrumental albums fall into the trap
of over pretentiousness and ridiculously long tracks, but, 0181 cleverly avoids
falling into that trap. At times, you
find yourself drifting off, at others your feet start uncontrollably tapping
and you find yourself wanting to jig across the floor.
There is, you would
imagine, a danger of an album of snippets and even more snippets being
disjointed, but, you couldn’t be further from the truth. There has clearly been a lot of thought and
care into the structure of 0181, loops and beats are expertly synchronised and
the whole effect is an album which, is possibly more worthy of being a free
download (it will shortly be released on vinyl) though possibly not a ‘full’
release.
Think somewhere between
Chemical Brothers (Come With Us) and Death In Vegas (Trans-Love Energies) and
you won’t be far wrong. Good company
indeed.
Listen to, or,
download 0181 here. I’m off for another bath.
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