imaginary trip sounds

Chris Child é Kododmo, músico e compositor de Nova Iorque, que lançou em 2008 o álbum Still life. Um ábum inspirado em conjuntos de fotos tiradas por Chris Child durante as suas viagens. O álbum é electrónico, IDM, ambiente, a fazer lembrar por vezes as paisagens sonoras de Boards of Canada. Por vezes tem uns toques de jazz e trip-hop, tudo embrenhado em bonitas melodias e paisagens sonoras tranquilíssimas.
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“Still Life,” by three time Emmy nominee, Kodomo, whose real name is Chris Child, is beautifully crafted and visually stunning. Songs are created to make pictures speak through ambient sounds. Child’s impressive career background is in composing music for video games. As Kodomo, he has a special grasp for making songs that harbor an affinity of depth and instrumentation. Scientifically, he conceptualizes his music from his photography, for example, themes in nature influence the overall style, texture and rhythm. This discipline of song making adds richness to the music and makes the album very alive and vibrant. However this release is very drum and bass heavy. The titles for each song are labeled in “concepts.” Whether it is the spacey galaxy jam that begins with a slow building of dripping soft bright keyboard murmurs, or the album’s centerpiece, “Concept 16,” a track around ten minutes long that constantly grooves along a nasty and satisfying bass rhythm then soars upwardly, or “Concept 3” and its modern jazz slightly club trip-hop beat, the album constantly alters its own landscape as each picture in the album art changes. To the ear and eye, “Still Life” is as cultured as life itself."

Kodomo - Concept 11

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