Guitar and electronics? Hmmm there's not much to go on here you might think. But you'd be wrong. Because hang on Krononaut's Leo Abrahams is always worth listening to even given these raw ingredients and as a ''sound bed'' (in a non-technical sense) looking for an analogue for ''atmospheric'' or more to the point ''panoramic-sounding'' 'Grain Vinyl' from December release Scene Memory II is fine. I'm curbing my enthusiasm on the star-rating front only because this is too slim a taster. And we need a more expansive track to really get into the heart of the matter. Hopefully marlbank will be able to share a further track with any luck later in the autumn. If you enjoyed the excellent soundtrack to TV drama Devs this slots in well in the same futuristic space as a paralllel running. Or go further and a lot darker then listen to Chris Sharkey because Sharkey connects too in the same multiverse. A decade since I first came across Abrahams on a record, on one of Neil Cowley's finest recordings The Face of Mount Molehill and I'm a little familiar with his work since with the great Seb Rochford, there's not a lot however to this track. As an hors d'oeuvre it's fine. You get a world on a record that is very much his own vision and makes him such a significant artist. It's not really a genre record of any kind and that certainly makes it interesting as well although it is a dweller on the threshold of the electronica and improvised music spectrum. SG. Leo Abrahams photo: via Spitfire Audio
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