Monday 21 July 2014

Daedelus

Invention (2002) ...

Los Angeles producer and composer of sample based music, mostly jazz-based ... real name Alfred Darlington/Weisberg-Roberts his obsessions include greek myths and Welsh mountains ...

Astroboy ...

"The album plays out a little like time travel; early on he pits familiar groove breaks against sources from '30s and '40s recordings full of exotica, romantic flourishes and big band rhythms. As things progress, more and more modern elements creep into the mix, mostly in the form to down-tempo and hip-hop rhythms. What allows Daedelus to unite the disparate sounds and time periods, and what makes the recording more compelling, is his foreground use of electronic elements, such as little glitches, static and subtle machinery sounds... exclaim.ca ...

Pursed Lips Reply ...


Taking his cues more from people like Nat King Cole, Henry Mancini or Esquivel rather than Fat Boy Slim or Jason Bentley, "Invention" takes big band, 50s sci-fi, downtempo jazz and space age bachelor pad music and mixes everything up in a way that makes you wonder if Arthur Greenslade or Juan Esqivel loved hip-hop and had access to samplers back in their prime - would this be the kind of music they would create? ...BBC review ...

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