Dalglish - Benacah Drann Deachd

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5...according to our Ant on Fri 04 Nov, 2011.

What a treat this album is for lovers of truly cutting edge electronic music. Another transmission from the mind of Chris Douglas who is in my opinion one of the most under rated artists working in electronic music today. His previous Dalglish album blew me away and this latest opus has been no different. The overall feel of the album is one of loneliness, darkness and isolation and explores peripheral zones where we can never be; tiny crevices and cracks where microcosms and tiny alien ecosystems are at work. The sound of machines and pure electricity, the sounds of one's and zero's crunching away. Yet there is a warmth to the music that is testament to Chris's artistic vision. He's carved a unique sound which is pretty much incomparable to any of his contemporaries. This is future music at its finest which works an a visual as well as sonic level. Mapping out all sorts of strange glitched up geometrical shapes. Dim the lights, close your eyes and be transported into this strange, malfunctioning mechanical world where beyond the shadows are hidden worlds waiting to be discovered. An exceptionally powerful and brilliantly accomplished album from this singular producer. Highly recommended.

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Berlin based Chris Douglas - aka O.S.T., Rook Vallard, and Dalglish - has created a large body of work, a highly textured and confrontational take on traditional forms of electronic dance music. With initial releases and formative years spent in Detroit and San Francisco, he acquired several high profile fans such as Autechre who had him support their 2001 ‘Confield’ tour of North America, then later brought him to Europe to play the ATP festival they curated, where he has remained since. ‘Benacah Drann Deachd’, his latest full length digital release, has been receiving some of his most eager reception to date, with a full page review in the June issue of the Wire: “Chris Douglas haunts his own music. A nomad and something of a loner, he has rattled around the electronic music network like a busted component for the last decade and a half [...] It’s appropriate, because his music is one of the most striking evocations of the life of the mind that you’re ever likely to hear. The music is substantially live, improvised within a loose framework, and the shifting layers of grey-green tone, fractured samples and nervous tics that whip around the stereo field obsessively tease out new geometries and shapes ..” Also the recipient of high praise from Boomkat - “one of the most intellectually engaging AND emotionally resonant works of electronic auterism we've encountered in recent times, it comes with our highest recommendation.” – a limited run CD version will be available for a very short time.

TRACKLISTING:

01. 25.6.2010
02. 8.4.2006
03. 13.6.2003
04. 3.9.2004
05. 5.8.2001
06. 30.12.2007
07. 1.7.2011
08. 7.3.2008
09. 10.7.2005
10. 7.3.2009
11. 6.8.2002

Iain Barritt said:

I'll try to keep it brief. This is hands down album of the year in my opinion. If you like The Caretaker in his many guises, Demdike Stare or even Mika Vainio, Alva Noto and the like, you will love this

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