Ancient Musical Box LP [Cassette]
- Record label
- Cosmic Bridge
- Catalog Number
- CBRCASS001
- Release Date
- June 26th 2017
- Genres
Tracks
play | pos | title | artists | duration |
---|---|---|---|---|
01 | 7 Mile Boots | |||
02 | Ancient Musical box | |||
03 | Mechanical Fruit | |||
04 | Cryopod | |||
05 | Eclipse | |||
06 | Night Sweats | |||
07 | Homebound | |||
08 | Pangelactic Gargleblaster | |||
09 | Pathway | |||
10 | Push - Pull | |||
11 | Rock Beats Scissors | |||
12 | Too Little Too Late | |||
13 | Talisman | |||
14 | Trifling Victory | |||
15 | What Is A Tortoise | |||
16 | Wrong For Good |
Danny Scrilla returns to Cosmic Bridge Records with a full-length project inspired by a desire to experiment outside of club conventions. While Cosmic Bridge has become known for forward-thinking, dubwise dancefloor mutations, label founder Om Unit has long been a fan of ambient and synthesizer music and Ancient Musical Box offers a current take on the format, with 16 tracks of lush electronic compositions and meditations. Fittingly, Ancient Musical Box also marks the label s first cassette release. Ancient Musical Box was written over the past year as a direct reaction to Danny s frustration with club music and the inevitable cynicism that can sometimes arise from prolonged contact with scenes, styles, and genres. I wanted to create something without any ulterior motives, he explains. As the tracks accumulated, the project took on a personal dimension and therapeutic qualities. Intent on not over-thinking or polishing his ideas, Danny created something that is less album and more a collection of emotions in their rawest form. Despite not being intended for the dancefloor, the music on Ancient Musical Box still bears clear relations to Danny s catalogue in its minimalist approach and use of melodic motifs. You can hear it in the hazy crescendo of Night Sweats , the wobbly funk of Pangalactic Gargleblaster , and the gentle keys of Talisman . Alongside these are more experimental moments, seemingly fragile in their simplicity but hiding a depth that reveals itself in context: the delicate loops of the title track, the vibrations of Cryopod , the melancholy progressions of Too Little Too Late . Ancient Musical Box is the sound of a producer remembering that the best ideas are the simplest, in the process pointing to new directions.