Chubby Wolf - Los Que No Son Gentos

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4...according to our Phil on Thu 30 Jun, 2011.

I'm still in ambient corner! Here's a new (well more like old let the truth be told) album from Chubby Wolf AKA Danielle Baquet Long of Celer fame. This was recorded in 2008 and it's been dug out, remastered by Will Long and released on shiny compact disc for your discerning approval. The music was made with bass guitar and a bunch of exciting sounding synthesizers and you get 14 tracks of it. It's very ambient as well, way more ambient than I was expecting. It's not a million miles away from Celer as you'd expect though I'm sure some of the other things I've heard by her were less ambient. Darker possibly? I could be imagining it... I hear a lot of records and my memory is piss poor these days. Needless to say it's very lovely with some tracks standing out and coming across as quite pretty delicate little pieces whilst others come out as more dense ambient drone numbers. Either way it's a quality album and I enjoyed it from start to end! Edition of 200!

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Within each piece of art is rolled a history; an undercurrent of unknown mystery, influences of defined desires, and outcomes that give new meaning to the intent. Los Que No Son Gentos may display most of all a misleading mystery that is incapable of certainty, yet honest, and defenseless.

Like many Chubby Wolf albums, there are certainties. Danielle was careful about ensuring titles were appropriately placed, recording locations and instruments were listed, and photography was specifically chosen (in most cases). Yet, always there is mystery closeby. All these materials were simply placed on the bookshelf after completion, stuffed in a random book, or shoved in a drawer full of bank statements. There is no explanation of why the album was made, what the inspiration was, nor were there even efforts to send it out to be released. It was created, completed, and on to the next thing.

Dragon's Eye Recordings is pleased to present Los Que No Son Gentos as is, just as Danielle left it.

Tracklist

1. Prelude to a Come-on
2. Bubbles of Know
3. As Close as Anyone
4. The Post-Coital Sigh (It's a Brutal Solipsism, Baby!)
5. My Intermediary
6. Existence is both a Horizon and an Indictment
7. Blocking Dead Ends
8. Desire to be Desired
9. You are the Description that brings me out of Myself... But cannot Give Me anywhere to go
10. Great Expectations
11. We Smoke and Erupt
12. What keeps us from Serenity? Desire!
13. Deeper and the Damage From
14. Flurries of Pins

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