Track Listing 1. Light Fails Me 2. Building Memories Without You 3. Grosse Strasse 4. Detached Under Buildings 5. Interior Dub 6. Dreaming About Making Music to Dream To 7. Our Home 8. Night Is Blurred 9. Post Obsession
| Details | | Distributor: | Lumberjack-Mordam Music G | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes Solo performer: Signer. Recorded between April 2001 and March 2002 in London, England. Recording information: London N15, N4. Photographer: Aletha. For Low Light Dreams, as frequently occurs with great albums, the title is a perfect nod to what lies inside. The debut from New Zealand producer Signer is ethereal and phantom-like; "Building Memories Without You" alternates a slowly moving haze of gauzy synth with a heartbeat drum track that occasionally sounds as though it were occurring in a different room from the rest of the production. Most of the tracks have a rhythm section referencing the starkness of German dub minimalism (simple claps, a four-four groove, deep basslines, sampled ambience triggered and re-triggered again), but they also possess a relaxed vibe gained from textured guitar and a bare few well-placed synthesizer textures. It's an Ulrich Schnauss production with a touch less ennui, and also a touch less character; but it's discreet music whose lack of personality is more a sign of courage than a lack of talent. ~ John Bush
Editorial Reviews 3.5 stars out of 4 - ...his approach to minimalism is still driven by his ear for melody rather than by his subservience to technology. Uncut (10/01/2002)
...LOW LIGHT DREAMS carefully constructs moody ambience you can drift around in. Bevan Smith's latest album coheres nicely... Magnet (10/01/2002)
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