Name: Ghost People [Digipak]
Brand: Redeye Music Distribution
SKU: 20963511
Price: 9.72 USD
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Ghost People [Digipak]

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Album: Ghost People [Digipak]
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Love and Machines (Feat. Spaceape)	More Info...
2)	Viper	More Info...
3)	Masks	More Info...
4)	Distortions	More Info...
5)	Popgun	More Info...
6)	I Saw You at Tule Lake	More Info...
7)	Ghost People	More Info...
8)	Twice As	More Info...
9)	Bauplan	More Info...
10)	Horror Vacui	More Info...
11)	We Are You in the Future	More Info...

Album: Ghost People [Digipak]
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Love and Machines (Feat. Spaceape)	More Info...
2)	Viper	More Info...
3)	Masks	More Info...
4)	Distortions	More Info...
5)	Popgun	More Info...
6)	I Saw You at Tule Lake	More Info...
7)	Ghost People	More Info...
8)	Twice As	More Info...
9)	Bauplan	More Info...
10)	Horror Vacui	More Info...
11)	We Are You in the Future	More Info...

Performer Notes

Photographer: Maria Eisl.
Ghost People, released on Flying Lotus' Brainfeeder, is relatively concise and less moody compared to Martyn's previous full-length, 2009's Great Lengths. The whole sternly focused thing is laced with enough emphasis on sound design to function as an immersive headphone listen, while at least two-thirds of it can drain one's energy on a dancefloor. "Distortions" and "Popgun," both of which use shunting garage rhythms as a foundation, are among the producer's most aggressive and physical output. The latter tempers dry and jabbing kick drums with trance-state synthesizer patterns and a detached female voice (Edie Sedgwick?). On the former, Martyn tucks a little sub-bass pressure, dollops of synthetic cowbell, and a host of clipped samples -- grunts, guitar screeches, and FX once deployed by the Bomb Squad -- into a vigorous beat. There's a handful of drumless tracks that seize the ears just as quickly and are not lacking rhythmic force; the pulse-spiking likes of "Viper" and "Bauplan" probe just as much as the club tracks. Martyn doesn't really do epic, but on the nine-minute finale, "We Are You in the Future," he empties the clip, drawing upon several inspirations -- including breakbeat hardcore and early Carl Craig circa Psyche's "Breakdown" -- for an exquisitely organized and tense pileup of riveting sonics. Given its scope and the context of the album, the track seems tacked on, but it's more like a gold truffle than a displaced bonus track thrown in for added value. ~ Andy Kellman