{"id":377,"date":"2006-12-11T17:00:05","date_gmt":"2006-12-11T16:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/?p=377"},"modified":"2006-12-11T17:27:31","modified_gmt":"2006-12-11T16:27:31","slug":"dextro-consequence-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/?p=377","title":{"rendered":"dextro &#8211; consequence music"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>       <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">having suffered from a severe case of <EM>modern  music fatigue <\/EM>recently, i guess that a few days listening to calm beautiful  warm ethereal music is in order. so i delved into the pile and dug out a couple  of albums that initially i glanced over to hopefully get me back into gear, and  who knows, i may have just found the perfect album to soundtrack my journey back  to the present.<\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">one such find, was this by one man operation  <STRONG>dextro,<\/STRONG> that&#8217;s due out on gronland, on the january 01 2007  according to the press release. a brave date to release new music i would say,  considering most folks are going to be concerned with getting rid of the waist  bound seasonal excess and\/or as is the way in this new&nbsp;england, extending  the seasonal wishes of family get together and suchlike, by hammering the  bargain bins of their local <EM>river island <\/EM>et al. thankfully, for those  of you that don&#8217;t understand the appeal of extreme mass financial&nbsp;warfare  that are the new year sales,&nbsp;ewan mackenzie has secluded himself away for 6  months in the middle of nowhere up in scotland, plugged in his various machines  and crafted a wonderfully rich, instrumental album that will definitely help  calm the nerves of any of those that come across this 55 minute homage to all  things eno, and motorik styled krautrock.<\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">the sonically enhanced moods comprise of acoustic  guitars, pianos and throbbing bass parts (hello <STRONG>peter hook<\/STRONG>,  hello <STRONG>bill laswell<\/STRONG>), over which are the treated electro-ambient  tricks dubbed to create a thick layered sound that rarely drifts into self  indulgent boring software showcasing, instead, these tracks are all about the  overall spread of warmth and structure. in parts think a delicate laid back  <STRONG>orbital<\/STRONG>, or the easy on the ear krautrock grooves of  <STRONG>baikonour, <\/STRONG>and you&#8217;re just about there. <\/FONT><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">in fact there are a couple of sections where i was beginning to think  &#8216;<EM>you know maybe i should dig out that tangerine dream album once again, <\/EM>and  in my world, that&#8217;s a good thing as i have always loved a simple melody looped  over and over with subtle but meticulous layering of overdubs to create a sense  of impeding drama and atmosphere, prime example being the eight plus minutes of  <EM>el viento. <\/EM><\/FONT><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">as usual song titles for this  type of album are pretty superfluous, but <EM>hearts and minds <\/EM>is both a  declaration of intent, as well as being the found vocal phrase that is looped  throughout making for a rare human presence on an album that is devoid of  anything jarring&nbsp;such as a radio friendly catchy chorus and jerky guitar  lick.<\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">so avoid the seasonal <EM>top ten best crimbo list  programs ever, <\/EM>strap on your noise cancelling headphones, and immerse  youself in this deep rich album and wait for spring to arrive,  slowly.<\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><EM>more detail<\/EM> : <A href=\"http:\/\/www.dextro.co.uk\">here<\/A><\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; 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