Dntel - After Parties I

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4...according to our Ant on Thu 09 Dec, 2010.

Jimmy Tamborello keeps himself busy as one half of The Postal Service, also records as James Figurine and does the Dntel stuff too. At first I thought this was a bit weird coming out on Sub Pop but then the Postal Service connection has cleared that up. Basically these are two really sweet, fairly stripped back electronic EPs of downtempo, moody techno/electronica. I actually can't really think of any obvious comparisons but Brian has piped up some old Apparat/B-pitch stuff. All round it evokes a most pleasant atmosphere and feel quite spacious and fresh. Comes with download to boot.

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· Dntel is the operational alias for Los Angeles
resident Jimmy Tamborello. Jimmy also sometimes
records and releases music under the name James
Figurine. He is also the host of the Dublab radio
show ‘Dying Songs’. In addition, he is also one half
of The Postal Service, whose 2003 album ‘Give Up’
is Sub Pop's second best-selling album of all time.

· In 2007, Sub Pop released the most recent Dntel
album, ‘Dumb Luck’, which included contributions
from a whole raft of talented people including
members of Grizzly Bear, Rilo Kiley, Bright Eyes
and Arthur & Yu, among others.

· These two EPs collect eight new Dntel tracks that
are a bit more minimalist and experimental in
nature, all of them instrumental, and all solely
produced by Dntel himself.