Saturday, January 21, 2012

Artist: Big Sad

Big Sad - "Ghost Club"

Ghost Club is the 2011 release by a good friend of mine, Big Sad. This is true alone music: the headphones go on and there's no pause to watch animal clips on YouTube or to make a cup of tea. The minimalist electronic style of this album evokes the record's namesake: the music of a ghostly place, somewhere devoid of air where the spirits come to dance. An overly literal interpretation, maybe, but the delicate percussive clicks, distant droning melodies and suffocated bass seem to bridge a space that's both organic and other-worldly.

Check out Young, and don't go using your laptop speakers: the loping footfalls of weighty bass is what really moves this track along. Vector Heart is an equally powerful piece, calming and hypnotic.

You can download the album for free here.