"Don't Ever Let Me Know" comprises two lengthy pieces of multiple movements and moods. As a kind of ode to his late father, Colin Andrew Sheffield has employed samples entirely taken from (or inspired by) El Paso, the city in which both men were born. The two audio assemblages mirror the ways in which loss and memory are processed - with both melancholy and wonder in equal measure: at once beautiful and confounding, nostalgic and emotional.
"The first half of the LP consists of loops of dissolving music, open resonate spaces, and bizarrely treated frequencies. Density builds and there is a sense of speed throughout, as he swaps out musical loops for harsher, digital sounds. There is definitely pre-recorded music used as some of the source material, but Sheffield sculpts it into something entirely different. The other side is more polarized in sound, blending lush, melodic layers and buzz saw-like noise passages... There is a distinct combination of quieter, reflective sections and harsher swells, with his careful manipulation of delays and feedback bringing things just to the point of chaos but never crossing that threshold." (Brainwashed).
Mastered by James Plotkin. Ltd x 200 copies in a spot-varnish sleeve with photography by the late Allen W. Sheffield.
COLIN ANDREW SHEFFIELD - 'Don't Ever Let Me Know' LP
- Record Label: Auf Abwegen
- Genre: Experimental / Electroacoustic / Noise
- Availability: In Stock
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£18.00
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