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The Wire - review Favourite Places
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Great news - we got in The Wire 
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David Newman, of exploratory electronica label Audiobulb, recently put out a call for submissions for a project bringing together field recordings, compositional interpretation and digital images. The idea was for artists to create a “dynamic audio diary”, focusing on a favourite place of their choice. Each artist who made it onto the CD – Leafcutter John, Taylor Deupree and Biosphere among them – immerses the listener in found sound from their favourite place, before re-interpreting this tangible audio into more abstract and intimate musical forms.
The varying approaches make for a genuinely transporting listen. Dot Tape Dot’s favourite place is their bathroom. As expected, the noise of “My Bathroom” is ‘wet’, with the Spanish group soaking the listener in a warm slosh of noise before featherlight glockenspiels enrich the sonic bath.
A world away, a flock of birds call close to the mic on Biosphere’s “Tranoy Lighthouse” heralding a lonely wash of sound which floats on the rising tide. Meanwhile, in Japan, RF treats us to an emotional walk to Kyoto’s Shimogamo Shrine: augmented steps on a gravel path provide the “beats” before a melancholy guitar plucks out a beautiful melody alongside Midori Hirano’s gentle vocals.
Favourite Places brings alive personal memories via geography and sound, the local made global; despite its geographic reach, it is a surprisingly intimate record as a result.
Susanna Glaser | THE WIRE 291 May 2008
1 | Favourite Places CD (£7.50) available here > link | |
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Fredo
FAN-FRIGGING-TABULOUS!!!!! Hearty congrats, David. How wonderful!
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KidQuaalude
congrats david!
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flies
major exposure. awesome.
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sAMsKi
yeeeeeha! I actually bought this very copy last week. I was stoked to see it! Stoked for you / audiobulb / everyone involved - oh, yeah...including us Well done for pulling off such a great realese dude!!!
BIG THE FUDGE UP!!!!
XXX
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yghartsyrt
yay. room. that's uberawesome.
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hecanjog
very cool - and well deserved! quite a stellar comp
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mapmap
YEAH! that's awesome.
keep up the good work.
m
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packetst0rm
I'm proud man! I read that a couple of days ago...the wire is the bible for new music if you ask me!
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room
Thanks everyone - yes getting in The Wire is so important and its a double bonus to get a positive review there!
Big thanks to all the artists and to SaMsKi and Geo for doing such a sterling job on the packaging - for those of you who have met sAMsKi - (you may or may not be bedazzled to learn) he is the consummate pro when he comes to his design work.... absolutely first class - get him on your team!
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claudia
going to head out to borders to get a copy right now, congrats all!!!
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DrexonField
Congratz!!!!
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room
Claudia why are you buying a copy? I sent you CDs.... ? :/
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sAMsKi
*blushes* thanks dude. me and geo are still working on something at the end of a very long weekend of work...despite the fact that his wife is technically in labour........do we love our work too much? ahaha.
big love to you sir from us both! you rock!
sam.
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room
Oh a copy of the mag - not CDs
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claudia
got it in my hands right now, very cool
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