Lost In The Memory/Bathyale (Parts 2 & 3), by Gareth Hardwick / Machinefabriek (LP on Low Point)
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Description: | Ace split LP on Low Point | |
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| Format: | LP | ||
| Label: | Low Point | ||
| Price: | £7.99 | ||
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Gareth Hardwick & Machinefabriek: 'Lost In Memory' / 'Bathyale' (Part 2 & 3) (Low Point) Is a split LP on clear vinyl. The Hardwick side is a very soft ambient minimal drift-werk that fluctuates occasionally in the way most music composed in this way does. The usual starting point when thinking of 'ambient music' is Brian Eno's pioneering works: 'Discreet Music', 'Music For Films' etc, the sounds just float around and around varying slightly. It's up to you as a listener to decide where to focus as the sounds view in and out. The Machinefabriek side adopts a less challenging approach than his usual hrashness, here the work is broken up with patches of near silent swathes and what sound like treated environmental sounds (passing cars anybody?). Music for a restful retre What the label says: Side A - Gareth Hardwick’s contribution to this split LP is the latest in a flurry of releases this year, with each one only serving to cement his growing reputation as one of the UK’s leading experimental ambient artists. ‘Lost in the Memory’ is perhaps his strongest recording to date – an exquisite 15 minute piece that demonstrates both the rapid development of his approach to composition and his masterful technique and control of whichever instrument he chooses to pick up. In this case, Gareth turns his attention to the lap steel guitar, which whilst heavily processed and beautifully affected, remains recognisable. As the piece begins, a glissando chord progression develops through graceful swells and mournful slides, movements so delicate that they almost give the impression that you are listening to some forgotten requiem or arcane arrangement for a string quartet. In time, these movements settle upon one longing tone, a desolate lament for a feeling once held or moment now past. And then comes the coup de grace: an unexpected harmony elevates the piece and the arrangement flourishes: a moment of pure euphoria before the denouement of the final sombre chords. |
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