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Following several cassette releases since 2011, F.E. Denning now presents Cities of Light, his vinyl debut and his best work to date. The compositions and emotions are more complex than ever before, and with his signature endless pools of synth drones and melodies cascading over each other, he draws out a perfectly paranoid image of a modern metropolis. The equal measures of beauty and horror that occupy the modern sleepless machine cities are presented in a blurred narrative over the record's five pieces. Cities of Light feels neither for nor against the concept of mega-city that it displays; the record feels more like someone accepting the state of things, accepting that soon the sunrise will be broadcast on billboards because of smog layers. Accepting that even with millions and millions of people there are no familiar faces appearing in the masses. That the city has become an organism of its own and that any fighting against it has already been integrated into its system. Cities of Light is a beautiful and cinematic drone record, a new level for the work of F.E. Denning, and a very precise portrait of how it feels to be alone with millions around you.
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VAMPI 140LP
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Limited double LP version. Starting in 2002, Vampisoul is now established as one of the hippest and most respected reissue labels on the planet. New Orleans funk, Detroit R&B, boogaloo, Cuban jam sessions, exotic soundtracks, West African highlife, Latin soul, trippy tropical sounds, Peruvian groovers, Argentinian jazz, Nigerian Afrobeat -- it's all in their deep and expanding catalog. Based in the frenetic, beating heart of Madrid, Vampisoul is ideally situated to access the wild and wonderful music of Latin America, Europe, West Africa and the USA. Since 2002, they have built up a wealth of contacts across these continents. Such invaluable relationships have allowed them to release rare vintage sounds from the '60s and '70s that have consistently hit the target with the music-loving public, and they are also increasingly releasing new material and working with artists such as Joe Bataan, JC Brooks & The Uptown Sound, Garotas Suecas and Frente Cumbiero. La Onda Vampi is the latest in a series of popular Vampisoul samplers which includes previous titles In Search Of The Cool, Gettin' Soulful, Movers and I Gotta New Dance. The label keeps travelling to familiar and new international destinations and their usual richness of sounds is broadened here by Iranian grooves, '60s Czech mod R&B, flamenco rumba, psych library music from Italy, Colombian cumbia -- the present and recent past of the label is represented on this fantastic selection. Today, Vampisoul is a flourishing independent label with a catalog that reveals an ocean of amazing sounds. Includes an exclusive, previously-unreleased track by Brazil's Garotas Suecas.
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