{"id":8898,"date":"2014-03-13T08:16:56","date_gmt":"2014-03-13T12:16:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antigravitybunny.com\/?p=8898"},"modified":"2014-03-14T07:23:34","modified_gmt":"2014-03-14T11:23:34","slug":"gordon-ashworth-s-t-l-a-orindal-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.antigravitybunny.com\/?p=8898","title":{"rendered":"Gordon Ashworth – S.T.L.A. (Orindal, 2014)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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You might not recognize the name Gordon Ashworth because this is his first record under his own name but I can almost guarantee you already know him. He’s recorded as Concern, Oscillating Innards, CAEN, etc, he’s also in the band Knelt Rote, and a bunch of others. So yeah, busy dude, he ain’t new to the scene, and S.T.L.A.<\/i> makes that readily apparent because HOLY SHIT this record is fucking amazing. He takes a wholly unique approach to folk drone, bringing together his arsenal of talent to blend lush digitalism with tender acoustic keys & strings, in just under 40 minutes he’s able to conjure an entire world of sound teeming with life, mini portraits via field recordings, transcendence out of emotional piano, soft Tesla static and minimal tonal drift, a beautiful banjo singing with heartache, the boundaries are non-existent and Ashworth reins everything together with precision, old Americana & musique concr\u00e8te alongside blurred drone & modern classical, everything all at once and pared down to the barest intimate impression of reality. Not gonna lie, I was pretty fuckin bummed when Ashworth drew the shades on Concern a couple years ago, but S.T.L.A.<\/i> heals that wound and goes way beyond what I had hoped for, this record is utterly fantastic, gorgeous in every way. It doesn’t hurt that I’m a sucker for banjos, especially banjo drone, I mean forget about it I’m a fuckin goner, but trying to get past that, this is easily one of the best goddamn records I’ve heard in a long time. For real. Only 300 copies pressed up, so stream<\/a> some samples then get your pre-order<\/a> on now and lock it in.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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