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MH-213 Clue To Kalo - Come Here When You Sleepwalk  Combining equally strong elements of laptop production, heartfelt vocals, and non-traditional songwriting, Come Here When You Sleepwalk is the extraordinary new release from Australian musician Clue To Kalo (Mark Mitchell). Featuring both down and uptempo tracks, the release's strengths are its ever-morphing melodies, keyboard lines, and drum machines, and understated vocals that never use more words or volume than necessary to set their mood. At first glance, the lyrics seem simple, yet they cut to the heart of their topic with precision. Damaged personalities, wounded relationships and underlying hope saturate tracks on a release that should establish Clue To Kalo as one of the finest songwriters and producers working in electronic music today. |
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| An elegant digital reverie - Mojo / Gorgeous sounds that seem so simple and effortless that they could almost come from the mind of a child - CMJ / Records like these give us cause to sing - Urb / Majestic - Logo / An album to dream with - BBC / A wonderful debut - All Music Guide / Soothing, swirling electronic melancholy - Tokion |
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| Clue to Kalo could have been yet another IDMster released on the Morr Music label, but he's Australian and signed to the lesser-known yet promising Mush Records. As far as being an IDM release, with the exception of some pure electronic tracks, much of this CD has more in common with indie rock than the likes of say Arovane or Phonem. The odd track where guitar melodies and low-key crooning vocals supplement the blip and beeps give the tunes a decidedly organic quality. The tracks that are pure IDM are not bad, but nothing memorable either; rather typical. At it's best, the listener may get the impression of wandering through a wondrous workshop with several mechanical marvels attempting to be your friend. Better are tracks where vocalist Mark Mitchell gives the music life with his wistful voice and melancholic lyrics. Perhaps this record may lead to yet another marketing category for record stores to mull over, blip-pop. - Exclaim! |
2XLP/Out Of Print