Here are some notes on an album we are listening to a lot at the moment.1. It is very quiet and makes us want to get into bed and listen with only one eye poking out from under the covers.
2. There is a noticable drum'n'bass influence but not in the 'painfully unlistenable' sense of the term 'drum'n'bass'.
3. Think more Olive than General Levy.
4. Bright Light Bright Light is on said album.
5. We have fallen a little in love with it.
The album we are talking about is by a man who calls himself Error Operator. This may have been obvious due to the image we have used to illustrate this post.
We mentioned Error Operator before when he remixed Bright Light x2's 'Love Pt 2' single in the not too distant past. The album covers (as mentioned above) a little drum'n'bass and also at times some hip hop influences, but this is not an album just for people who like drum'n'bass or hip hop. This is an album for people who like DJ Shadow or Zero 7 and who sometimes stay up too late doing nothing and then need something to listen to because the sun is coming up and it's probably too late to go to bed anyway.
A few favourite tracks from the album include:
1. 'Catch Release': This one sounds a little like Sigur Ros. At least, there is a sad piano on it and all sorts of chimes. It would sound wonderful in a movie where someone was sat near a window while it was raining. Possibly an actress like Kristin Scott Thomas, thinking about her children.
2. 'July': This one sounds like Bright Light Bright Light. Mainly because Rod Thomas is singing on it. Fans of his will feel at home here as there is perfect opportunity here for Mr Thomas to pile his emotional lyrics about how crap love can be over a wonderful, throbbing beat. We should also mention the lovely chorus - which helps.
3. 'Powerlines': Remember when Plan B was an angry British rapper instead of a chubby bloke in a suit trying to be a male Amy Winehouse? Well, this one features a rapper called Grizzle Emcee, who, while not quite as aggressive as Plan B at his most furious, has a similar air of oppression and inner city blues. Again, there are lots of ponderous beats and a big sombre piano holding the track together. It should also be noted that this track includes the best lyric about footwear we have ever heard: 'I'll never fall from a foot like a flip-flop'. Insightful and very true.
The album is a thoughtful, sample-heavy affair, with stirring speeches adding a sense of drama to the laidback proceedings. It's basicaly brilliant, and alongside Royksopp's 'Senior' is without question our chill-out album of choice from 2010.
The album is due for release on iTunes and Spotify on 13 September. We don't recommend jumping out of bed on that date to listen to the album, we recommend making it through the day, coming home, having your dinner and then getting into bed and giving it a listen.
Anyway, here is the album's introduction. It is called 'Introduction' but it is more than just a few seconds of nothingness and is instead a fully fledged song which possibly deserves a better title than the one it has been given.
It also probably sums up what the album sounds like a lot better than the above waffle.
Error Operator 'Introduction'
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