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Tue, Mar 16, 2004, 09:01
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The US electronic label from Ann Arbor, Ghostly International, is bound for UK shores this April / May and in tow will be two of their musically sleek artists - Matthew Dear and Dabrye. The Ghostly International and Spectral Sounds labels have been the subject of much music punter talk lately and this is your chance for a front row ticket experience with some of the forward thinking electronic movement crew:
1. Dedbeat Festival, Norfolk (23, 24, 25 April), Live: Dabrye, Matthew Dear....for the full line-up check Ded Beat 2. Eat Your Own Ears and Four Tet Presents…, London (30 April) Live: Dabrye, Matthew Dear, Four Tet, Papa M, Fennesz, Manitoba, Explosions In The Sky, Animal Collective, Icarus DJs: Soul Jazz Sound System (100% Dynamite) Warp DJs and more to be announced. For details check Rough Trade 3. Triptych Festival, Edinburgh & Glasgow, Scotland (1 & 2 May)
Matthew Dear’s debut LP Leave Luck to Heaven has received heavenly praise for not only its stripped down melodic electro pop grooves but his on-point vocals. With a handful of pseudonyms already on release with Plus-8 and Perlon, this album is a perfect credit to Dear’s production skills and worthy of your listening ears this month. If like me you’re getting rather tired of that click house and minimal sound that goes nowhere slowly, then this album is quite possibly a bold projection of where the electronic music scene would like to be. A diverse collection of tracks, each is individually carved out of Dear’s unique spin on rhythm and sound, carved up synth patterns, killer beats and dreamy vocals. There’s deep glitchy and dark numbers as well as the balanced pop numbers with electro hooks. Enough descriptions – go listen. Go see live.
Ghostly Internatinal

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