Vinyl Coda IV

a review by Stephen Fruitman of
release format Vinyl Coda IV by Philip Jeck (CD Album)

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Following up on its double CD release 'Vinyl Coda I-III', Intermedium proffers a further chapter, 'Vinyl Coda IV', another succinct document of Philip Jeck's obsession with the hidden beauty of decay.

Jeck works within simple parameters - dozens of orphaned pieces of vinyl deployed on a series of Dansette record players working both in and out of synch - out of which he coaxes the new and unexpected. Entrancing and as much an ambient masterpiece as its predecessor, this installment includes an eerie rendition of the Christmas standard 'The Little Drummer Boy' guaranteed to raise more than just nostalgic goosebumps.

Essential cutting-edge work, a deft analogue sound artist comparable to the recombinant works of DJ Spooky but without the rhetorical flash. Posted by Stephen Fruitman at 14:18, 01 Aug 2001