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- Summary: The fourth full-length release for the Los Angeles-based electronic artist Brian Allen Simon was recorded in Italy.
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- Record Label: Friends of Friends
- Genre(s): Electronic
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Feb 23, 2018It illustrates how electronic music can be warm, natural, or even organic; it shows us that jazz can be combined with sub bass to create something immensely powerful; it portrays how the avant-garde can greet elements of traditional melody with open arms; and, perhaps most importantly, it exhibits the power of a producer who sees and hears no boundaries.
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Mar 1, 2018File the album in your new classical section, primarily because of Simon's world-class technique. But given the instrumentation, it could just as easily be marketed as an ambient or jazz album. It would be no less great a success.
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Feb 23, 2018The album unfolds and reveals itself like the rolling hills of Tuscany, the outer-reaching moments tempered by Simon’s delicate touch and deft ear. Tongue creates a world built from the snug comfort of rain and the quiet joy that comes from solitude.
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The WireFeb 23, 2018The first few listens don’t disclose the full complexities of Simon’s work – it remains semi-horizontal and distant, like a tired shrug. But after several repeats, the circular motifs begin to, if not get under the skin, then at least claw at it a bit. [Mar 2018, p.44]
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Feb 23, 2018Anenon's music sometimes seems to explore contrasts, but it does so in a manner that is easy to follow and absorb, and his music ends up being relaxing rather than challenging.
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