Kiln: Meadow:Watt (Ghostly International, 2013)
November 7, 2013 at 8:18 pm | Posted in Reviews | Leave a comment
Kiln: Meadow:Watt
Longtime Ghostly staples Kiln (aka Fibreforms, Waterwheel, Waterwheel • Windmill) have a pretty sizable discography of releases, mostly on small, defunct labels. Their style is mellow, exploratory, and free-flowing but structured, with squishy beats as well as live percussion, dubby bass, melodic guitar, and samples. “Pinemarten” slinks around slowly with flute/mellotron-type sounds. “Star.field” is more uptempo, slapping a beat around like chewing gum, and grooving along to a smooth but alert bassline. “Kopperkosmo” has another slow, pixelated dub pulse, with carefully controlled, yet fractured and echoing bass tones. “Moth and Moon” covers waltz-tempo drum beats in static fuzz, and adding bits of noir-ish strings and guitar for dramatic emphasis. “Jux” has another blown-out, disheveled groove, and “Acre” has a bit more of a playful pep in its step, but still remains humble and mysterious. “Boro” ends the album with walloping drums and more mellotron-ish sounds, and continually moves to brighter pastures as the song progresses. Another great album from a truly creative and somewhat under-recognized band.
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