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01. Bamboo - Diamond Springs
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02. Bamboo - Weeping Idols
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03. Bamboo - Daughters Of The Sky
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04. Bamboo - Memories All At Once
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05. Bamboo - Off-World Colony
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06. Bamboo - East Of The Sun / West Of The Moon
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07. Bamboo - The Deku Tree
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08. Bamboo - Under Larches
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09. Bamboo - A World Is Born
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ARTIST
BAMBOO
TITLE
Daughters Of The Sky
FORMAT
CD
LABEL
UPSET THE RHYTHM
CATALOG #
UTR 114CD
UTR 114CD
GENRE
ROCK
RELEASE DATE
6/28/2019
Bamboo
,
Nick Carlisle
and
Rachel Horwood
, present their third studio album,
Daughters Of The Sky
. The album was written and recorded over a two-year period where ideas and arrangements were allowed to slow-cook and develop over time, in contrast with the last album
The Dragon Flies Away
(UTR 088CD/LP, 2017) which came together relatively quickly for the duo. The music comprises the usual (for Bamboo) mix of Horwood's flawlessly resonant folk cadence and Carlisle's pristine synth production, whilst TR808 drum machines and samples lock together with acoustic drums, themselves often given the
Tony Visconti
, Eventide Harmoniser treatment of Berlin-era
Bowie
albums. Ancient ARP synthesizers and Mellotron flutes and horns sit next to contemporary digital sounds and samples in a hauntological tapestry over which Horwood can intone her sometimes mournful, often uplifting vocals. Although
Daughters Of The Sky
breaks away from the storybook concept format of
The Dragon Flies Away
, in that sense being more similar to Bamboo's debut album
Prince Pansori Priestess
" (UTR 075CD/LP, 2016), there are still recurrent themes that run through the album such as motherhood, the cyclical nature of life, emancipation and liberation. What might be the centerpiece of the album, "East Of The Sun / West Of The Moon", an 11-minute epic, begins with a serene, desolate ambient intro which eventually transports us over the waves to some unknown land. Bar the brief instrumental coda "Tenebrae", the album ends on an optimistic note with "A World Is Born", an upbeat song of renewal. Horwood sings of the creation of a new world for a new generation, out of the ashes of a society stagnating under the collapsing weight of late capitalism. Saxophones provided by
Emma Gatrill
answer each vocal line in call and response style over more harmonized drums reminiscent of Bowie's
Low
(1977). Carlisle originally wrote the music following the death of Bowie, and Horwood added some
Prince
-like backing vocals. Although her lyric makes no reference to the loss of these giants, their influence hang over the song in a way which can only add to the sense of hope and rebirth, a sense which is indeed felt throughout the album. Cosmic pop, like
Kate Bush
in
Yellow Magic Orchestra
. CD version comes in gatefold sleeve.
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