Andrew Pekler plays Sentimental Favourites

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  • The Berlin-based ambient/experimental artist has a new album in the works for Dekorder.
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  • Andrew Pekler will release a new LP, Sentimental Favourites, later this month. Pekler has been operating within forms of ambient, experimental and electronica since the late-'90s. As a solo artist he has no less than five full-lengths to his name, released through labels like Stefan Betke's ~scape and Chicago imprint Kranky. In collaboration, he's worked as a member of Bergheim 34, who put-out a string of release on Klang Elektronik during the early-'00s, and Groupshow, the trio which also includes Hanno Leichtmann and Jan Jelinek. Sentimental Favourites brings together 14 tracks borne out of an interesting exploration. As is the case with much of Pekler's music, the album looks into "an abandoned genre or aesthetic trope," which in this case explores a "strain of late 60's/early 70's easy listening which melded the sophisticated songwriting pathos of Burt Bacharach, Jimmy Webb or The Carpenters with a post-psychedelic attention to sonic detail." If you're having trouble imagining what that might sound like in practice, have a little listen to the track "Close To Strangers" below. Tracklist 01. Yesterday Of Love 02. Close To Strangers 03. (They Long To Be) Misty Blue 04. Wichita Forever 05. Samba De Cherbourg (Les Parapluies De Verao) 06. Prelude To A Summer 07. Suddenly (Naturally) 08. The Twilight Of Your Smile 09. Un Vent Et Une Femme 10. Music To Sleep Walk By 11. Everybody's Raindrops 12. Moon Velvet (Shadows, Whispers, Rivers, Windmills) Dekorder will release Sentimental Favourites on Novermber 28th, 2011.
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