Simon Scott - Bunny
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Label : Miasmah
Style : Ambient
Grabber: EAC
Encoder: LAME
Quality: VBR/44,1kHz
Reldate: 04.Aug.2012
Street : 07.Oct.2011
Songs : 08
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Release Notes:
Cinematographic soundscapes by ex-Slowdive drummer Simon Scott.
Cambridge-based Simon Scott might still be best known for his tenure
as the backbone of influential shoegazers Slowdive, but after his
debut solo effort 'Navigare' in 2009, he showed that there was far
more to his oeuvre than people might have thought. With an ease and
fluidity that eschews the usual trappings of the genre, he injected
Slowdive's free-flowing bliss into the kind of blackened soundscapes
the Miasmah label has made its calling card and gave the sound a rich,
multi-layered quality that was effortlessly enticing. 'Bunny' is
Scott's sophomore long player, and sees the multi-instrumentalist
growing in confidence as he takes on a plethora of themes and ideas
and distills them into a coherent, well-defined narrative.
The overall premise of the record is apparent from the very beginning,
and might surprise some with its inspired take on the blackened jazz
and smokey Americana heard in 'Paris, Texas' or 'Mulholland Dr.'.
It would do Scott a disservice to simply label the music as 'Lynchian'
however, his success is to treat the layers of instrumentation (drums,
guitars, cello, synthesizers) with a masterful fluidity, allowing the
influences to melt into a delicate and delectable whole. There is an
underlying surreal seam however, which erupts through ever part of
'Bunny', beginning with its very odd title. The juxtaposition of the
pitch-black humour gives an unnerving mood to the tracks which only
emphasizes the blues-flecked dread of the record itself. Occasionally
Scott acknowledges his shoegazing past, nudging the sound towards the
blurred haze of his former band, but even these moments are cavernous
enough for us to imagine them oozing from a Midwestern jukebox in an
abandoned suburban diner. 'Bunny' is an ambitious and daring journey
for an artist who refuses to stay still; and it might just be the best
road trip you've never taken.
www.simonscott.org
www.myspace.com/o3o3o
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Track List:
01. AC Waters 03:30
02. Betty 04:33
03. Labano 06:11
04. Radiances 08:30
05. Black Western Lights 04:23
06. Honeymoon 05:16
07. Gamma 04:05
08. Drilla 03:58
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Total
40:26 min