Cotton Wolf – Life In Analogue (Bubblewrap Collective)
LP / CD / DL
7.5 / 10
28 April 2017
Welsh Producer Llion Robertson and classically trained
composer Seb Goldfinch are Cotton Wolf and Life In Analogue is the rather
infectious debut album form the pair.
Sometimes ambient, sometimes bass driven dance, sometimes just digital
experimentation, it is nine tracks that are all completely enjoyable.
Album opener Glosh may sound like a heavier version of the
title track and the two may have been better placed seguing into one but it’s a
harsh criticism of an album that shimmers from beginning to end. Largely instrumental, the album is thoroughly
entertaining and the breaks of vocalised tracks particularly Lliwiau featuring Alys
Williams, could easily descend into something very ordinary but the skill of
the Cotton Wolf in keeping things fresh and edgy avoids any such event.
Vessels provides a simple, dreamy, minute long interlude
between the title track and Ultra Five which in itself is a locomotive piece
not dissimilar to the Chemical Brothers at times, and Cage Of Light and While Night Grows more than a hint of New
Order.
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