Kelpe - Ex- Aquarium

TRACKLISTING: 1 Under, 2 Whirlwound, 3 Shipwreck Glue, 4 Pinch And Flare, 5 Stop Parching Yourself,
6 Yippee Space Ghost (Sidversion), 7 Sunken Centre, 8 Skylla, 9 Bread Machine Bred, 10 Silver Nutkin, 11 Half Broken Harp, 12 Colours Don’t Leak, 13 Cut It Upwards, 14 Over,

OVERVIEW: It has been a lengthy hiatus since Kelpe's last offering: 2004's acclaimed "Sea Inside Body" album (DC53) (described by The Wire Magazine as "One of the most engrossing listens in recent electronic music"). On hearing "Ex-Aquarium" it becomes clear what he has been doing in this time. Countless live performances all over the world as well as numerous explorations into the sonic potential of table tennis have clearly drawn him towards increased instrumentation with Mckeown himself getting behind the drum kit to beat out the rhythm as his new wave of sonic mutations emerge triumphantly from the whitewater. "Shipwreck Glue" oozes and gripes like a writhing leviathan amidst a din of cowbells and ping pong staccatos. "Whirlwound" swaggers and swells like a rhythmic ocean overture, "Bread Machine Bred" sounds like a whirring automaton making strange manoeuvres in the deep. Previous comparisons to the likes of Fourtet, Dabrye, Boards Of Canada will be left in the wake of this sterling new material. To accompany the release of "Ex-Aquarium" Kelpe will be playing selected live dates across Europe in the spring of 2008.

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