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because Drew Daniel is a stone cold genius and watching his experimentation and progression is inspiring, but more importantly it brings great earthly pleasure to listen deeply and often.
Was It Ever Real? Is a super juicy, super limited CD and cassette-only
release from The Soft Pink Truth, otherwise known as Drew Daniel,
one-half of the iconic experimental electronic duo Matmos. This
limited mini-album (a harbinger of where The Soft Pink Truth is
headed) is part of Thrill Jockey's 30th anniversary special limited
releases. Four new songs kick off where Shall We Go On Sinning So That
Grace May Increase? left us, hitting us with the aching vocals and
throbbing beats of the Dark Room Mix of "Is It Going To Get Deeper
Than This?", a space age, super sexy, nearly 8 min banger. The EP also
features a cover of Coil’s immortal queer classic “The Anal
Staircase”, reinterpreted here with slinky hi-hats, a horn section and
psychedelic vocal treatments. The closing title track is a
slow-burning post-soul instrumental number with twanging lead guitar
from Acetone’s Mark Lightcap and harpsichord by Tom Boram. The entire
mini-album moves the listener across the genres of disco, minimalism,
ambient, and jazz, sliding onto and off of the dancefloor.
Crossfading from hedonism to reverie as it remembers past pleasures
and imagines a future yet to come, the EP is also a noticeably social
affair, with guest contributions from Matmos' M.C. Schmidt, Daniel
Clarke, Id M Theft Able, Rose E. Kross, Tripp Trapp Trull, Koye Berry,
and Andrew Bernstein (Horse Lords). The resulting music is not retro
kitsch but pays homage to highly personal interpretations of disco
such as Arthur Russell, Don Ray, Dr. Buzzard’s Original Savannah Band,
and Mandré, or the jazz funk of Creed Taylor and CTI Records. The
cassette and CD both feature artwork by Robert Beatty (Oneohtrix Point
Never, The Weeknd, The Flaming Lips). Released in editions of 500 for
the CD. Grab them while you can because these will not be around long!
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My god, what an absolutely incredible Suite. I'll admit, I've struggled to get into Pharoah Sanders due to diving headfirst into some of his most challenging catalogue and that never worked. This is the perfect place to restart. Floating Points is new for me and I can honestly say I've never heard synthesizer music this lush and organic before. the LSO is just perfect. This is one of those albums that any serious music fan needs in their life. The perfect swan song for the great Pharaoh! 5/5 ClassyMusicSnob
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a masterpiece in the rough. somehow manages to bring countless fragments of sound, in all of their singular eclecticism, down to the most unexpected yet consistently flooring longform body of music i've experienced since autechre's nts sessions. the ultimate collaboration project to end all solitudes. avery
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