textura

ALBUMS
Automotive
Benevento/Russo Duo
Benni Hemm Hemm
Caribou
[The] Caseworker
Eric Chenaux
Cineplexx
Claudia
Daedelus
J Dilla
Envy
Fond of Tigers
Formication
Grizzly Bear
Guther
Ike Yard
Kilo Watts
The Knife
Minimum Chips
Miss Violetta Beauregarde
North Valley Sub. Orch.
Quench
Sandoz
Dani Siciliano
Liam Singer
Stop Disco Mafia
Susanna/Magical Orch.
Vorpal
Wisp
Working Nuclear Free City
Peter Wright
Susumu Yokota
Zeebee

COMPILATIONS/MIXES
Belladonna Summer
Cut Copy FabricLive
Mark Farina
Magda
Tandem 4
Tiefschwarz Fabric
Total 7
Until Human Voices...

3"/7"/10"/12"/EPs
Allie
Barem
Deathprod
Ensemble
Extrawelt
Marc Houle
Loco Dice
Lost Trax
David Newlyn
Sandro Perri
Porter & Blain
Relay
Sirka Ragnar
SLG
Swat-Squad

David Newlyn: Didn't Know Where I Was
October Man

The four melodic electronic settings comprising Didn't Know Where I Was EP clearly reveal David Newlyn's talent for composing melodies, typically piano-based, that are as pretty as they are ponderous. The intro “Blank” presents a pretty interweave of melancholy melodies over a crackling loop while beats dance lightly amidst vibrant synth streams and simple piano themes in “Sector.” “Lighthouse” is equally bubbly but the mood again turns reflective in the heavily textured closer “Filter,” its 12-minute length allowing it room to move through multiple episodes including an evocative middle section of chimes and whirring noises. As it draws to a close, musical elements gradually recede, leaving behind tiny streams of echoing noises that eventually vanish too. Released on October Man Recordings, a small DIY label based in Durham, UK, the EP's ridiculously small run (25 copies) belies the quality of its contents.

September 2006