FOURTH PAGE - The Forest From Above
Leo Records CD LR 848
Charlie Beresford, guitar, voice; Carolyn Hume, keyboards; Peter Marsh, bass; Paul May, drums
Recorded at Gwm Gwilym School House, Powys, on 21st May 2017
This is music that repays listening effort – it is ‘laidback’ – easy to listen to – abounding with the musicality of the artists. It has echoes of Brian Eno’sAmbient Music - Eno’s style intended to neutralise tension and anxiety by evading the imitative and accustomed rudiments of typical canned music. Believe me, the more you listen to this, the more you will perceive within.
I hear a combination of composition and improvisation, but it’s difficult to point accurately at where the changes are made, where the one runs into or becomes the other. It carries a considerable depth of much that is ambient, experimental, improv, jazz, minimal, prog and rock: yeah from the 70s, but also very much of the present day.
The album is fascinating, but without a personality on display it is unswerving in resonance and temperament. It is quite brilliant; you’ll still hear it when the record has ended – but you can put it on again. It’s never-ending and absolutely fabulous.
Reviewed by Ken Cheetham
Leo Records CD LR 848
Charlie Beresford, guitar, voice; Carolyn Hume, keyboards; Peter Marsh, bass; Paul May, drums
Recorded at Gwm Gwilym School House, Powys, on 21st May 2017
This is music that repays listening effort – it is ‘laidback’ – easy to listen to – abounding with the musicality of the artists. It has echoes of Brian Eno’sAmbient Music - Eno’s style intended to neutralise tension and anxiety by evading the imitative and accustomed rudiments of typical canned music. Believe me, the more you listen to this, the more you will perceive within.
I hear a combination of composition and improvisation, but it’s difficult to point accurately at where the changes are made, where the one runs into or becomes the other. It carries a considerable depth of much that is ambient, experimental, improv, jazz, minimal, prog and rock: yeah from the 70s, but also very much of the present day.
The album is fascinating, but without a personality on display it is unswerving in resonance and temperament. It is quite brilliant; you’ll still hear it when the record has ended – but you can put it on again. It’s never-ending and absolutely fabulous.
Reviewed by Ken Cheetham
