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█ Given the fact that 24 year old James Rutledge; aka █
█ Pedro first delivered his debut EP for the Melodic █
█ label in June 1999, indicates to us that this is a █
█ young man that wishes and deserves to have his album █
█ taken seriously. But this is no time for bemused █
█ corrugated foreheads. This album has twists and turns █
█ but is not one that cannot be understood. This album █
█ was well worth the wait. Shall we dispense with the █
█ Folktronica tag at this stage then? Why not. When a █
█ record has so many signifying strands, it would be █
█ trite to dismiss it as simply that. █
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█ As James puts it himself, ' I was trying to take a █
█ hip hop aesthetic and expand the range of references █
█ to stuff like 20th century classical, jazz, 2 step, █
█ early electronic music - all the stuff that I get █
█ inspired by. I wanted to move on from the sound of my █
█ 2 ep's and I think I'm progressing ' █
█ █
█ A humble heart or simple understatement? We think the █
█ recordings are a validation of him chasing hell and █
█ high water for that new found aesthetic. Essentially, █
█ he is finding his voice, in the only way he knows █
█ how; through a distillation of many many music forms. █
█ The warmth of To Rococo Rot, coupled with the hip hop █
█ backbone of Boom Bip and the ambition of Jim O' █
█ Rourke. A morphing electronic player with the █
█ underpinning of rock. █
█ █
█ What singles Pedro out from the crowd is the soulful █
█ elements and the doffed cap towards nature. For a man █
█ that has recently relocated to London, this album is █
█ covered in shrubbery. His life of old. But before one █
█ thinks about the parochial, Pedro's mastery of █
█ programming slaps doubters into place and onto a fast █
█ track to the modern age. █
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█ Special mentions must go to The Water Ran This Way █
█ Back And Forth; like an energised hug from your █
█ partner, before Pharoah Sanders blasts in and takes █
█ the kids on a journey. 1-2-3. This track holds the █
█ evidence of his love's labour; the track being about █
█ an hours worth of work processed and pasted down into █
█ nine minutes; a master magpie at work, picking and █
█ choosing licks and tricks to hang off of his vision. █
█ Again, Fear And Resilience displays a certain █
█ innocent rough meets smooth: Disney / degenerate axis █
█ galloping through the glade! █
█ █
█ What with the debut album due, another album of early █
█ work (to be released early 2004) and many █
█ collaborative moments beginning to land on the table, █
█ on the back of last years EP with Kathryn Williams, █
█ other fans are surely waiting in the wings. █
█ █
█ When you realise that the name Pedro actually comes █
█ from the Alex Cox movie 'Highway Patrolman' who is by █
█ all accounts quite a luckless chap, the ultimate █
█ paradox finally arrives. Hopefully the wonderfully █
█ transcendent mood JR found in making this record will █
█ transfer to you - THE LISTENER. On this occasion, █
█ Pixels do weave a (real) person. █
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█ 01 03:19 intro █
█ 02 03:57 fear & resilience █
█ 03 04:39 dead grass █
█ 04 04:19 these pixels weave a person █
█ 05 05:52 the water ran this way back and █
█ ...forth █
█ 06 07:09 1 2 3 █
█ 07 04:51 all things rendered █
█ 08 04:05 seven eight █
█ 09 02:17 outro █
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█ Total size : 55,7 MB Total Time : 40:28 min █
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