Loop 2.4.3
– American Dreamland (Music Starts from Silence)
Loop 2.4.3 is the duo of Thomas Kozumplik and Lorne
Watson and for this, their third LP, they’re augmented by a number of guest
vocalists and musicians. Between carefully sequenced sections of sampled
and edited dialogue “American Dreamland” cross-pollinates cultures and genres
and manages to amalgamate percussion led compositions with the uplifting spirit
of carnival, avant-rock, drone/noise and choral tendencies.
A short snippet of Celtic inspiration can be heard on
“American Elder” (though played on Native American flute) whilst “Alchemy II:
Dreamland” switches easily between ghost town abandonment and African inspired
rhythms, and back again. Their use of steel drums cannot help but give a few
tracks a Caribbean air (“As a Child…”, “Tulips”) but pitted against marimba or
circus pipe organ, it makes for an interesting experience.
Willsk
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