At the centre of this new direction remains the muted piano already introduced on his debut, but in a much more purified and raw form. This organic base is adorned by the warm fuzzing and wavering of analogue synthesisers, tape echoes, meditative tuning forks, field recordings from John's 'exile' period and percussion based on his rigid approach to sampling, which started developing on 'Walizka'. Touches of viola and woodwinds parts (Kim Moore of WOLF and Andrew Baker respectively) provide.

Richly cinematic ambient / post-classical arrangements centred around piano, field recordings and electronics, allied to creeping dub-inflected and reconstructed techno rhythms. Followers of Nils Frahm, Library Tapes, Pole and the Erased Tapes label should seek out...

By Adam