a r t i s t : Forest Swords
t i t l e : Dagger Paths
d a t e : 2010
l a b e l : OESB
c a t : OESB#48
s o u r c e : Vinyl
g e n r e : Psychedelic/Dub
r l s. d a t e : Mar/2010
t r a c k s : 06
b i t r a t e : VBRkbps
s i z e : 57,0 MB
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Mind-blowing out of nowhere debut for this solo UK underground
project based in the Wirral in Merseyside. Forest Swords work
as a Hypnagogic update of classic UK underground modes,
importing psychedelic hip-hop and R 'n' B production styles
into the kind of eccentric art-pop settings of Simon
Wickham-Smith and Richard Youngs, Two Daughters, Dome, The
Shadow Ring et al. The music is hypnotically lush minimalism,
sometime using synthesised ghost vocals over dubbed-up Julian
Lynch style bass and beautiful smears of drone. Forest Swords
talks of his love for Aaliyah's work with Timbaland and
there's a sleight of hand going on here which is comparable to
Daniel Lopatin's seductive use of screwed hip hop styles in
drone/underground settings. Here Forest Swords come over as a
Hypnagogic Aphex Twin, with the stoned production style of
Selected Ambient Works usurped by crude minimal
Spacemen/Velvets guitar and some F/X heavy DIY remix styles.
ItÆs a fantastic trip, with something indefinably bleak/lovely
in its evocation of lonely late night England. Dagger Paths
consists of specially re-mastered versions of tracks from the
out of print cassettes Miarches and Glory Gongs along with
brand new material. Full colour pro-printed sleeves and insert
with a MP3 download. A classic UK underground side, bolstering
the tradition while taking it somewhere else completely.
Highly recommended.
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01-Miarches [06:19]
02-Hoylake Misst [07:51]
03-Visits [03:29]
04-Glory Gongs [06:24]
05-If Your Girl [09:53]
06-The Light [03:28]
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37:24 min