Release Date: 26 March 2021
Label: Needle Mythology
Packaging Type: Slip Sleeve (CD or Vinyl)
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 195081847450
Genres: Dance
Release Date: 26 March 2021
Label: Needle Mythology
Packaging Type: Slip Sleeve (CD or Vinyl)
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 195081845722
Genres: Dance
Description
"The Obvious I would sound unutterably pretty even as an instrumental album. But once you factor in a voice whose purity has elicited comparisons to Robert Wyatt, Mark Hollis and Dean Wareham, the effect is something akin to hearing a ghost transmitting from a machine of its own making" - Pete Paphides
'The Obvious I' is the second album from Ed Dowie and is the second new master release from Needle Mythology.
In 2017, Ed released his feted debut album 'The Uncle Sold', leading The Quietus to hail him as a "bold and starry-eyed visionary", The Skinny to praise his "beautiful… stolen snapshots of glimpsed futures and lost pasts." and BBC Radio 3's Late Junction made the record one of their albums of the year.
Now, four years on, Ed is to return with an album that will surely find him new followers alongside longtime fans such as Lauren Laverne, who described its predecessor as an "absolutely extraordinary" achievement.
Adhering to Kraftwerk's maxim about achieving the maximum emotional impact by the most minimal means 'The Obvious I' marks a pronounced evolution from Dowie's earlier music. Co-produced by pioneering British experimental musician and sometime member of Polar Bear "Leafcutter John" Burton what ultimately emerged from these efforts - and what reveals itself with successive plays - is a beguiling process of alchemy.
Each song from The Obvious I is the culmination of a beautiful process of distillation. A crystal extracted from chaos. Tumult distilled into lullaby. "My biggest battle," says Ed Dowie, "was to ask myself how I can make something that reflects the turbulence of this period without adding to it." By that metric, and several more, The Obvious I is no small triumph.
Description
“The Obvious I would sound unutterably pretty even as an instrumental album. But once you factor in a voice whose purity has elicited comparisons to Robert Wyatt, Mark Hollis and Dean Wareham, the effect is something akin to hearing a ghost transmitting from a machine of its own making” - Pete Paphides
‘The Obvious I’ is the second album from Ed Dowie and is the second new master release from Needle Mythology.
In 2017, Ed released his feted debut album ‘The Uncle Sold’, leading The Quietus to hail him as a “bold and starry-eyed visionary”, The Skinny to praise his “beautiful… stolen snapshots of glimpsed futures and lost pasts.” and BBC Radio 3’s Late Junction made the record one of their albums of the year. Now, four years on, Ed is to return with an album that will surely find him new followers alongside longtime fans such as Lauren Laverne, who described its predecessor as an “absolutely extraordinary” achievement.
Adhering to Kraftwerk’s maxim about achieving the maximum emotional impact by the most minimal means 'The Obvious I' marks a pronounced evolution from Dowie’s earlier music. Co-produced by pioneering British experimental musician and sometime member of Polar Bear “Leafcutter John” Burton what ultimately emerged from these efforts – and what reveals itself with successive plays – is a beguiling process of alchemy. Each song from The Obvious I is the culmination of a beautiful process of distillation. A crystal extracted from chaos. Tumult distilled into lullaby. “My biggest battle,” says Ed Dowie, “was to ask myself how I can make something that reflects the turbulence of this period without adding to it.” By that metric, and several more, The Obvious I is no small triumph.
Tracklisting
Tracklisting
ALT
Iraina Mancini
Tanita Tikaram
The Lilac Time
Butcher Boy
Robert Forster
Robert Forster
Iraina Mancini
The Future Sound Of London
Kordhell
Welle: Erdball
Solarstone
MIDI Janitor
Enzo Siragusa
Tenderlonious
4am Kru
