a r t i s t : Need More Sources
t i t l e : Seo-ri
d a t e : 2010
l a b e l : Cotton Goods
c a t : 004LP
s o u r c e : CDDA
g e n r e : Electronic/Ambient/Instrumental
r l s. d a t e : Mar/2010
t r a c k s : 09
b i t r a t e : VBRkbps
s i z e : 70,4 MB
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Fuck you bloggers, taking credit for scene releases.
Boomy:
That heady aroma of musty libraries and unturned pages can
only signal one thing (in the Boomkat office, at least -
elsewhere it might merely signify that you're at a library): a
new Cotton Goods release. Yes, here's another wonderful,
highly limited (100 copies) release from the Remote
Viewer/Boats-curated label. My copy comes in a recycled
hardback titled 'The Art Of Dried Flowers', but who knows what
hoary old volume you'll get - it's all part of the Cotton
Goods magic. The artist behind this installment is Need More
Sources - aka Chris Stewart - previously heard on Moteer with
his album, Shed. Stewart's brand of electronica takes on a
boldly forthcoming sound in comparison with some of the more
understated and mysterious contributions to the label's recent
run. This manifests itself in the spindly crackle of minimal
electronics alongside string arrangements, folk-ish acoustic
guitar passages and - when the opportunity arises, as on
'Doastheysay Notastheydo' - fully fledged beats. Opening with
the wide-panning clickety-clack of glitch rhythms, the album
stirs slowly into life over the first couple of minutes, but
soon the tide of digital crackle and bit-crunched melody
collides with an assembly of swooping violins, setting the
tone for all that's to come; at the heart of the record is a
contradiction between tiny, fragmentary electronics and a kind
of Clogs-style folk-classical hybrid of chamber music. One of
the very best examples of this sound comes during 'Bicycles',
a delightful electroacoustic melange that piles together
bike-ride field recordings (complete with old-fashioned chirpy
bell sounds) and string passages that have been so heavily
compressed that they transmit a kind of soft-focus sugariness.
In quieter moments you stumble upon gems like 'Filter Tips',
which begins with the sound of someone traipsing playfully
through puddles, only for peculiar ice cream van chimes to
rise from the background. From here onwards various keyboard
noises, tuned percussion, brushed drum kits and violins all
flutter about the place in a florid, breezy fashion, resulting
in a very lovely nine-and-a-half minutes of electronically
quirked-up composition.
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01-Pepper [05:30]
02-Doastheydo Notastheysay [04:43]
03-Like Buses [07:18]
04-Seo-ri [06:20]
05-Near Earth Objections [06:04]
06-It' A Hazy Crazy Mexed Up World [03:01]
07-Bicycles [04:18]
08-Filter Tips [09:38]
09-If I Had Time... [04:25]
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