Description:	2CD on Low Point
	Format:	CD
	Genre(s):	Experimental / Abstract
	Label:	Low Point
	Price:	£8.79
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...according to our Brett on 21 January 2010.

This CD's called A Young Person's Guide to Kyle Bobby Dunn which is like that John Fahey box set except this one says 'Kyle Bobby Dunn' where the other one says 'John Fahey'. There's two discs and I've just put one on. It's just starting now. There's a note happening. Can't really write something until it changes a bit.. Aaaany minute now. So I'm thinking this is a drone CD and as there's about two-and-a-half hours of it this review's probably not going to be that amazing. I'll just fast-forward through a little bit.. OK so it's well serene and lovely with some subtle electro-orchestral touches happening below the surface, coming in gentle waves a la Stars of the Lid. Fans of those lads or Celer will want to check this out as it's a very classy effort. Although the second CD could be grindcore for all I know.

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Sound clips for A Young Person's Guide To by Kyle Bobby Dunn: on CD at Norman Records UK. CD, Low Point, LP033, £8.79.

What their label says...

Spread across two cds with a total running time of nearly two hours, ‘A Young Person’s Guide To…’ is a stunning collection of recordings from New York based minimalist composer and sound artist Kyle Bobby Dunn.

Four tracks on the first disc originally appeared as the download only album ‘Fervency’, released by the Moodgadget label in 2009. Impressed by Dunn’s sensitive and world-wise compositions, it was felt that the music deserved to be released on a physical format and expanded upon with a second disc containing an additional 60 minutes of music gathered from the same period as the ‘Fervency’ recordings.

Utilising an instrumental palette of guitar, strings and brass, often played by classically trained musicians drafted in on the spur of the moment, the sounds of these sessions were recorded as Dunn dictated and then reworked via computer processing into spine-tingling soundscapes.

Dunn's compositions here are fully rich in timbre, painterly, hopelessly romantic and haunting; balanced between a wash of pure sound and an ornate yet subtle dance of classical instrumentation. Occupying a truly cinematic scope, these pieces can transport the listener from the deepest and most forgotten landscapes to the furthest recesses of time.