DJAM KARET

Island In The Red Night Sky HC PRODUCTIONS

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Californian instrumentalists get lost in the ambience. The 20th album from Djam Karet finds them overindulging in electronic ambience. This one starts promisingly enough, with Arrival offering a welcoming acoustic guitar passage that leads into a darker mood when the synthesisers come in. Then guest musician Todd Montgomery livens up The Master’s Palace with a spot of sitar playing. Unfortunately, the rest of the album largely consists of formless electronic noodling with little to grab hold of. It feels like a collection of catalogue music intended for use as unobtrusive background wallpaper. The Other Side begins with a long section of a burbling electronic beat over the sound of cicadas chirping, and stays there for too long, waiting for an idea to arrive. Light Scattering By Small Particles and Woolsey…

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