Artist:
Animat
Title:
Slip Into Gold
Label:
Disco Gecko
Released: 29th April
This
new single from Sheffields ambient audio/visual outfit Animat
comprises contrasting warm sounds (that you expect from the title)
against dubbed out funk with a slight live band feel and eerie voices
that seem more fitting to a haunted bleak industrial wasteland. Yet
somehow, it all seems to gel together perfectly.
This
is followed by 'While You Were Away' a lovely sun soaked piece with a
chilled Balearic feel that could quite easily have been the title
track. There's a touch of an orchestral mood to it and they flirt
with dub in places and some nice guitar licks for good measure.
On
re-mix duties is San Francisco's D.F. Tram whose cut and paste style
mixes of bargain bucket finds, cartoon snippets and psychedelic
monologue from TV and film are becoming a regular source of
entertainment for myself. Here he takes 'Slip Into Gold' and adds
some George W. Bush samples adds a little more kick to the bass and
elongates the warmth of the original and peppers it with a little
harmonica. My advice kick back and soak up the sound.
Review
by Woodzee
Links
Animat http://www.animat.co.uk/
Disco Gecko https://discogecko.bandcamp.com/
DF Tram https://soundcloud.com/dftram
No comments:
Post a Comment