Sad Man – Dark Ambient Collection
(Self-Release)
Out Now
You might know Andrew Spackman as Sad Man or The Dark Jazz
Project or Cars From The Future (and probably more) – it seems he has a pseudonym
for almost every genre he releases music in.
The latest offering from Sad Man comes in the form of a compilation of
tracks from previous albums and serves as an excellent taster to the talents of
the man.
By definition, dark ambient consists of drones and resonances,
rumbles and rhythms, distortion and noises and has its roots in the 70s with
the likes of Throbbing Gristle, Tangerine Dream and the soundtrack of David
Lynch’s Eraserhead. In practice - as with
this fifteen-track collection - there are no boundaries, instead Spackman has
free reign over pulsing, looping plunderphonics which enthral and entice.
The opening ‘Play’ seems to gather every influence together
in one nine-minute collage and the closing ‘Torke’ has moments of conventional ambient
interspersed with sections of hybrid chaos.
Dark Ambient Collection is available as a name-your-price
album via Bandcamp and if you can spare some loose change, it’s well worth
chipping in a few pieces of your local currency.
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