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BLUREDISM ****
Beautiful Ugly Collection (Teng)
It was only about three hours ago (approx) that
Bradley Albertides’ most recent production
guise was unveiled, in the form of an excellently
knuckleheaded side of weirdo techno called It’s
Quite. Now he’s cobbled together a whole album!
Ten tracks deep, Beautiful Ugly Collection
repeats It’s Quite’s trick of extracting every bit of
juice from a vocal sample or looped melody, but
ventures all over the map from dusty jazz keys
(Dots In Patches) to slowly-evolving ambience in
the LP’s final third. NG
CATRIN FINCH AND SECKOU KEITA ***
Clychau Dibon (Astar Artes/Mwldan)
Classical Welsh music
and traditional west
African music. The
soft, romantic tones of
the harp and the raw
energy of west African
instrument, the kora.
These are concepts you would not normally put
together, but in Clychau Dibon Welsh harpist
Catrin Finch and Senegalese kora expert
Seckou Keita come together to form a unique
blend of two different worlds. It’s relaxing and
interesting, but not for everyone. BG
THE CHILLS ***
Somewhere Beautiful (Fire)
If there could be one way to showcase the
legendary Chills at their shambling best, live
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