Tracklist
1 | Square One | 3:43 | |
2 | Anima's Lament | 4:44 | |
3 | Balloon Ascending | 3:53 | |
4 | Hedgehog Procession (At Dawn) | 5:46 | |
5 | Elliptical Equilibria | 3:05 | |
6 | Seaharp | 2:35 | |
7 | Ethylic Fugue in Q Minor | 2:56 | |
8 | Copper Dunes | 4:09 | |
9 | Dominohead | 1:55 | |
10 | The Meadow Green | 4:23 | |
11 | Airbone Heliotropic Medusae | 4:46 |
Welcome to Heavy Maple, the debut album from rec.tangle, aka Brighton-based, France-born Adrien Rodes. A lush, dream-like, instrumental whirl, it’s the first flowering of a major talent, and the new incarnation of the artist formerly known as Topo Gigio.
Recorded as-live with Adrien playing almost all the parts (“I’m too autistic to have formed a band,” he says), the album sees Adrien move away from his sample-heavy origins to instrumental music. 70’s synthesizers, acoustic guitars, acoustic and electric pianos, percussion, organs, sitar, zither and harp-like instruments were all crammed into the 8-foot square recording space that Adrien shares with Stereolab/Jr Electronics’ Joe Watson and Baikonour’s Jean-Emmanuel Krieger in pursuit of the album’s full sound.