DRIFTING FALLING RECORDINGS

Drowned in Sound share their thoughts on Matt Bartram’s latest album, “Left to Memory”.

Although better known as the frontman for Brighton’s Air Formation, Matt Bartram has actually been making music in his own right for the past two years. Last year’s low-key release Arundel proved to be a seminal introduction which combined ambient melancholy with distilled electronica and Left To Memory, released earlier this month, takes his panoramic musical vision one step further. Take the album’s centrepiece, ‘Twelve String Loop’, for example; a glorious washed-out slab of voluptuous guitar ambience that features Christian Savill, formerly of Slowdive. Its angelic sounds join the record together like heavenly rivets, while the compellingly claustrophobic ‘Another Wave’ adds another string to Bartram’s already over-populated bow.

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Don’t Pee on the Rug offer up thier “50 best records of the past decade”.  Gareth Dickson’s “Collected Recordings” earns honorable mention.
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Forest Gospel share thoughts on Gareth Dickson’s “Collected Recordings”

The title to Gareth Dickson’s most recent album, Collected Recordings, sounds as if the songs were gathered together from old scraps or off of out of print titles. Unfortunately, I don’t really know much about Mr. Dickson’s prior releases, so whether or not this stuff is completely new is unknown by me. However, what I do know is that Dickson has the ability to heal souls with his soothing brand of acoustic guitar work and vocal work. When you first hear his voice, it is impossible not to think of Nick Drake, yet his slow, atmospheric guitar work is more reminiscent of modern folk soundscapist, Scott Tuma. The combination of the two titanic musical figures in Dickson’s work is awe inspiring. Eleven lengthy tracks sliced straight from heaven. Plus, isn’t any album really just a bunch of collected recordings?

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We’ve posted the first Drifting Falling Podcast.  It’s hosted at Mixcloud. It’s a recording from an Oppressed by the Line DJ set at an M83 show in London in 2004. It’s called, “A Trip Down Memory Lane”. Enjoy.

Jonathan Leonard puts pen to paper, or is it finger to keyboard about the new Matt Bartram album Left to Memory

As one half of The Static Silence, Matt Bartram represents the lighter side of shoegazing with the emphasis on songs rather than effects. As a solo artist, though, Bartram reveals a very different side to the story with his music knee deep in layers of noise.

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We’ve made some small updates to the Drifting Falling store. We’ve increased the size of the release artwork, slightly.  As well as implementing better integration with SoundCloud. At the moment this integration only extends to the 3 latest releases with short preview clips still accessible on individual release pages.  Go have a look, a listen and let us know what you think.

Everything Is Chemical takes a look at Left to Memory by Matt Bartram.

“Left To Memory” is the sound of one man baring his soul underneath a train station. Where lush meets loud, noise becomes soothing, and sublime becomes uplifting. More than exceptional, “Left To Memory” is resplendent, imaginative, & refreshing. For fans of Air Formation, Auburn Lull, Spacemen 3, The British Expeditionary Force, Bowery Electric, July Skies, Soul Whirling Somewhere, etc. Rec-omm-ended.

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