a r t i s t : Greg Davis
t i t l e : Diaphanous
d a t e : 2004
l a b e l : Lux Nigra / LNV 27
g e n r e : Electronic
r l s. d a t e : Oct/2006
t r a c k s : 03
b i t r a t e : VBRkbps
s i z e : 39,3 MB
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Greg Davis is a musician based in Chicago, who for the last
few years has been surely developing and integrating the
sounds of varied acoustic instruments with laptop processing,
across a plethora of singles and compilation tracks,
culminating in two wonderful albums on Carpark Records.
This Lux Nigra vinyl coincides with the issue of his third album
'Somnia' for the Kranky label, collecting drone-oriented
material Davis has been working over the last couple of years,
and features an extended track and 2 bonus cuts to that fine
newly spawned full length. The sounds created by his close friend
and musical collaborator, Keith Fullerton Whitman (aka Hrvatski),
perhaps provide the most convenient parallel to Greg's work,
subtly stretching and softly mutating the sounds of familiar
acoustic instruments into delicate and sometimes intense
weaves of heavy ambience.
The lengthy a-side piece 'Diaphanous' included here, in fact,
is an extended version of an edit which will appear on the
cd-only Kranky album, and finds Davis in his most organic and
involving form yet, playing toy harmonica, piano and a six
string acoustic guitar that's then slowly and breathlessly
treated by a delicately handled laptop. The tones that come
out of the process bear little immediate resemblance to the
instrument of origin, taking on extended and diffuse forms of
their own. As a bonus, the two b-side pieces are exclusives,
'Deterior' may otherwise be located somewhere near the crisped
improvisation of someone like Rosy Parlane or perhaps a less
abrasive Fennesz, 'Swell' is almost entirely benign,
beautifully weighted waves of melody, allowed to gradually
unspool, like finely spun wool.
http://www.luxnigra.de/
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01-Diaphanous [15:44]
02-Deterior [05:11]
03-Swell [07:39]
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28:34 min