Review: In what feels like a perfect turn of events, Melbourne's Analogue Attic have snapped up Atlanta's Matthew Hayes for a wondrous, utterly free-minded ambient showdown that has actually put this artist firmly back on our radar. The longtime producer has always been renowned for the craft of his sonic sketches, but it's with this new EP that we've really come to appreciate why he speaks of himself as an engineer rather than a producer. Tunes like "Penny Royal" and "Smiths" have clearly been created by someone who understands the art of subtlety and restraint, a beautiful myriad of sounds that flutter with absolute balance and precision before being placed in a state of continuous metamorphosis. This is real ambient music; not that cheap, two-key drone that's punted hither and dither.
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