Artist:
The Russian Linesman
Title:
Monomyth IV: The Return
Label:
Loki Recordings
Released:
4th September
As we approach the grand finale in this Monomyth series the pace quickens, and under his own admission this is by far his most dance orientated production to date. After the recent re-mixes by Nick Warren, Nicolas Rada and Patrick Prins it’s not overly surprising.
The release gets underway with ‘The Road Back’ which balances eerie and sweeping synths with a driving techno bassline. While Nottingham based poet Ben Norris returns once again to supply the dialogue, the epilogue of his tale that began with ‘The Belly of the Whale’ on Monomyth II.
There’s more of a light and sunny disposition about ‘Refusal of the Return’ where a long lost musical soul mate returns to an old song and gets caught up in youthful memories of the moment. This is followed by ‘The Magic Flight’ which takes a slightly darker turn both musically and with the tale by a school friend fleeing from an adversary. Although a typical four by four beat is employed this track leans more towards the chilled end of the spectrum.
Last but not least is ‘Rescue from Without’ where the synths are light and float along nicely with the pace of the beat. The narrative is a yarn of a lonely Swedish man ruminating over life’s hurdles on Christmas eve whilst buying fish in Hove.
Reviewed by Woodzee
Links
https://russianlinesman.bandcamp.com/
https://www.beatport.com/label/loki-recordings/15992
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