An excellent study in minimalism, it’s an absorbing album with subtle and intricate changes in rhythm and feel.
I really like how a few sounds are used to maximum effect, the 4 track provides the looping and polyrhythmic layers and effects such as delay and reverb are used sparsely but give a great sense of space.
I
A plucked string, layered, has a kind or rolling or rattling feel. There’s subtle rhythmic shifts created by looping.
II
An urgency to the rhythm, subtle delay gives a real sense of space and subtle movement.
III
Evolving opening with reversed sounds, it’s a building melody with rhythmic elements. The sound is somewhere between an accordion and bagpipes with just an edge of tension.
IV
A drone and looped / layered picked string riff creates an intricate rhythm that ebbs and flows with an urgency / tension created by the polyrhythms.
V
Guitar and synth are layered to create a subtly changing rhythm. the slide adds an excellent element of movement.
