Description:	CD on Just Music
	Format:	CD
	Genre(s):	Electronica / IDM
	Label:	Just Music
	Price:	£11.99
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5
...according to our Brian on 05 September 2008.

Digitonal's last 12" for Seed a few years back was a glorious progression on from the brittle electroid dynamics of his earlier gear, swathing the understated, skittering beats with real swooping strings courtesy of Samy Bishai. Now Mr. Dobson returns with a lovely new CD called 'Save Your Light For Darker Days' and it's the real deal, I tell thee. Only Apparat managed anything as sweet as this. The second track initially makes me think of Arovane's tides, beat-wise, but more glacial and moving. Then come the strings, they are enchanting man, up there with Chauveau & Richter. The beats get more breaky for a spell, the whole essence reminding me of a classier Rob Dougan who did that epic 'Furious Angels' song that was used to soundtrack every bloody dramatic clip on telly ever. On the whole this album offers up sweet melodic 'IDM' gear with soul, cinematic jazz inflected hip-hop, twinkly Plaid-esque beats and moving string sections underpinned with aquatic glitchy burblings. A dynamic, varied & hugely coherent album from a man who takes his time to deliver something quite outstanding! I reckon if Peter Green hadn't been decided on in advance, this could well have been AOTW. A divine soundtrack on digipak CD only through Just Music.

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What their label says...

“If you’re only gonna treat yourself to one chilled instrumental album this year, make sure it’s this one”    DMC Update’s Essential Album  *****
“It is beautiful…”   The Guardian

Producer and instrumentalist Andy Dobson has been writing and performing music as Digitonal since the late 90’s but it wasn’t until a chance meeting with Egyptian session violinist Samy Bishai that the outfit’s collision of cinematic atmosphere, AI-era-Warp electronica and classically-influenced beauty took shape.  

Acclaimed releases for Toytronic, Seed and Cactus Island records followed, along with the building of an excellent reputation for dynamic live shows with their expanded line up, including legendary ambient vocalist Kirsty Hawkshaw and harpist Kat Arney (Shadow Orchestra, Chilled by Nature).

UK Festival appearances at The Big Chill, Bestival, Dedbeat, Bloc Party and Cheltenham, alongside a major UK tour with The Bays in ’07, cemented their reputation as a dynamic live electronica act.  In April 2008, they played at the NASA Ames Research Base in California and also became the first band to remix UK Techno pioneers B12. This album is released fresh from collaborating with UK post rockers 65daysofstatic