a r t i s t : Ellis Island Sound
t i t l e : Home Service
d a t e : 2003
l a b e l : Static Caravan
c a t : VAN058
s o u r c e : 12" One Side Clear Vinyl
g e n r e : Electronic
r l s. d a t e : Feb/2008
t r a c k s : 07
b i t r a t e : VBRkbps
s i z e : 24,8 MB
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Static Caravan's reliability is almost a by-word in electronic
coteries and learned circles. So when a wee beaut like this
lands in your lap, you know there's an envelope of gentle but
never tentative caress of the lugholes in store for you. Ellis
Island reside snugly in the static caravan worldview, all
tender intricacies and soft fidelities. An offshoot of the
equally magnificent State River Widening, Ellis Island bring
us a more delicate assortment of acoustic instruments,
electronic overlays and a myriad of evocative found sounds.
The opening "WG73" lilts away with the fragile guitar/piano
interchange that deemed Vertical Form's "Corker/Conboy"
project so essential in our world. At turns drifting towards
folktronic slopes (check the sublime "Bontempi Rain Effect")
and analogue soundscapes (as on the Isan-ish "Chop 3"), theres
even a Weschel Garland / Hausmeister-ish turn to proceedings
towards its lovely end on penultimate track "Palmsville". This
is a heart-warming, shimmering album that's as sumptuous a
piece as we've come to expect from geoff's excellent
enterprise, a brilliant push, if ever there was one, to
allocate more than the label's customary 7 inches to an
unquestionably sublime musical act. Lovely.
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01-WG73 [01:50]
02-Bontempi Rain Effect [03:26]
03-Jackson Ground [02:27]
04-Chop3 [02:57]
05-Z Time [01:50]
06-Palmsville [02:47]
07-Edison's List [01:31]
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16:48 min