Ben Nash - Oh Lordy Me! (My Heart Is Wandering Again)

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4...according to our Business Lady on Fri 30 Dec, 2011.

It's been a while since Ben Nash dropped a solo LP so everyone here in the office was super psych'd when the new batch of Blackest Rainbow LP's arrived this week. After a lengthy stint playing and touring with his band mates in Chora Nash returns to his solo work with renewed vigor and a bunch of new tools at his disposal. Currently dissatisfied with his standard method of multi-tracking various physical instruments Nash has chosen to indulge himself in strictly digitised methods of music making, hence 'Oh Lordy Me!...' has been created with the help of the Yamaha TNR-I app and Logic..of all things. The result is an abstract and playful LP full of surprise sounds and mysterious sequences. It feels very free-form for music created within the digital domain but I guess that goes to show how far the modest laptop has come on in music making terms over the past decade. 'Oh Lordy Me!...' is chock full of beautiful percussive tones, bells, chimes and soft ambient drones that will lull even the most fierce, untamed noise aficionados. The stand out moment has got to be the abrasive Reich-esque assault of 'Oh Lordy Me! (Phase 1). I'd go as far as to saying it's a 'Reich rip-off' etc. Now...time to check out that Yamaha app.

It's been quite some time since a full length solo Ben Nash release, and it's finally here, and so,what different from his more psychedelic folk drones he showcased way back on 'The Seventh Goodbye'. Probably best left for Ben to explain this one for you... "I recorded this new full-length record during downtime from playing with Chora and after a long break from recording any solo music. Having become somewhat disillusioned with the process of overdubbing conventional “physical” instruments repeatedly in my solo work I have spent a lot of time experimenting with different ways of inputting, manipulating and arranging sound electronically, both in a variety of computer based environments and also using an Apple iPad. This release is the first in a series that will document these experiments. All sounds on the album stem from and are sequenced within Yamaha’s TNR-I app with some minimal mix processing in Logic" - Ben Nash, Camberwell Green, September 2011. Edition of 250 copies pressed on heavy weight black virgin vinyl. Preorders come with a bonus CDR of new exclusive material!

Jenpenfold said:

Love it. Can't stop playing it!

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