Iceni Strings vinyl

Largely absent from the art of original productions since that stunning Christmas track for Pampa back in 2010, Nathan Fake has been occupying himself with the odd remix here and there while working on the material that makes up Steam Days, his forthcoming third LP set for release on regular haunt Border Community. On the basis of Iceni Strings, this three track 12" prelude, Fake has spent his time wisely, with the title track one of those glorious examples of the Norfolk melodic wunderkind's innate talents for crafting warm organic music. The track's clipped percussion and glacial undertones gradually succumb to the obvious charms of that thickly resonating synth line that pulses onwards towards the skies, accruing all manner of fuzzy widescreen texture along the way. On the flip, "Sense Head" crafts together six different drum palettes while Fake goes overboard on twisting the sepia tinted melodics inside themselves, and the off kilter programming of "Bauxite Dream" attempts to trudge through the grimey recesses of low end with requisite results. The new album should be amazing on the basis of these tracks.

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