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Nothing Against The Ocean, by Set In Sand (CD on Abandon Building)

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Rating: happy This record left our Ant feeling happy.

Some rather nice electronic gear from Set In Sand has just graced the stereo. It is a pleasant mix of pretty sparkling melodic electronics and beats, warm atmospheric, shimmering textures and a hip hop feel both in the beats and vocal delivery reminding me of Why? there are jazzier moments with horns, some cinematic post-rock moments and a sweet acoustic guitar. CD only on Abandon Building. 'Nothing Against The Ocean' may well appeal to fans of Prefuse 73, Why? and possibly even Bracken.

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"Nothing Against The Ocean" is the debut CD of Set In Sand, licensed by Hue (JAPAN) from Abandon Building
Records (US). Set in Sand (one of the many aliases of producer Lendin Hopes) was brought into this world around
2000, originally designed as a purely electronic and instrumental project working within the nether-regions of IDM. Early
Set in Sand creations followed the blueprint for experimental electronic song crafts, disjointed percussion and glitchy
filtered melodies with subtle instrumentation and vocal samples offering a hint of things to come. Two net releases
came out in this vein, the self released "Are You Listening EP” and the full length "You Say You Can’ t Sleep Alone" by
German label Subsource. Around 2004 Lendin reconnected with his singer-songwriter roots, adding acoustic guitar
and vocals to a large portion of his compositions. Examples of this style can be found on the net release "Mini
Splintered Things" hosted by the good folks at Drift Records. In addition to these three net releases Set in Sand has
contributed songs to a number of compilations including “Assemblage Sessions 1 and 2 CD’ s” (Abandon Building),
“Subvaritrax” (Subvariant), “Ctrl-Space” (Modsquare), “The Karaoke Hymnal” (Peppermill Records) and “Calderas of
the Mind” and “Heart on the Right Spot” ( Project Mooncircle/ Botanica Del Jibaro). Set in Sand is also the producer for
the whacky Hip Hop duo Flowtation Addvice (who’ s debut “Terrain Clouds” is due out on Abandon Building in early
08.)
With “NATO” Lendin has synthesized all the elements of his early work into a weird piece of sonic experimentation
masquerading as a sort of Pop album. Half of the albums 8 songs feature vocals, a surreal blend of androgynous
singing and hyperactive MC work. The music is based around skeletons of guitar and programmed beats with multiple
layers of digital nonsense wrapped around them. A most distinct touch is Lendin’ s use of live drums in complimentary
patterns over the grounding electronic percussion. It results in a blurring mesh of chaotic calm, establishing a kind of
fresh voice in the world of beatmaking. In other words it’ s pretty decent stuff.

TRACK LISTING
01 in a sense a flowers
02 an infinite marathons
03 ear response abilities
04 nothing against the ocean
05 almost nearly drowning
06 from within its ocean (a flooded village)
07 x pans the width of fragile at ease
08 where some nerve ends

 

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The CD is essentially a small portable face mirror which has an extra feature of being able to play music (through a thing known as a CD player). These CD's are a modern invention hence them being all shiny and digital. They can hold about 80 minutes of music and apparently are indestructible as you can smear jam on them and they still play (not as nourishing as toast mind you but when you're hungry.....). They sound crystal clear and are tiny convenient things. They lack the charm and warmth of their old analogue counterparts but their portability, convenience and ease of being duplicated make them a perfect thing of a thing for most folks. Jewel cases are the worst thing ever though and they really need to stop.

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