Our Worn Shadow

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MANYFINGERS - Our Worn Shadow

MANYFINGERS - Our Worn Shadow
Acuarela
CD + DVD // £12.99
HOME LISTENING / MODERN CLASSICAL / AMBIENT
Released: Jun 2006
Catalogue Number: NOIS1064

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Orbiting within the same scene that birthed such charming oddities as Flying Saucer Attack, Movietone, Third Eye Foundation and Amp, Chris Cole (aka Manyfingers) has been honing his multi-instrumentalist talents for years now as part of Matt Elliot's booze-etched band and stints for both Movietone and Soeza. Alarmingly talented, Cole is the master of piano, drums, cello, Spanish guitar, accordion and vibraphone (to name but a few!), managing to coax the best from his menagerie of music-makers then massage the filaments into a textured whole that suggests a fully-trained orchestra at work. Just as the self-titled debut on Moteer made starkly clear, Manyfingers has a rare ability to make the kind of music which suggests imaginary soundtracks - but without descending into the usual indistinct grandeur that so blights such clichéd comparisons. With obvious touchstones including Four Tet, God Speed You Black Emperor!, Steve Reich, Sylvain Chauveaux and any number of widescreen impresarios, 'Our Worn Shadow' defies easy description - with corrugated arrangements, piquant rhythms and any number of beatific melodies coating you in warm balm of hushed rectitude. Somehow able to stack layers of elements atop one another without bruising the whole or overwhelming the listener, Manyfingers is the sound of instrumentation done good - with the likes of 'Some Shield', 'No Opera' and '3 Forms' all towering doctrines on the subtleties of an oft abused genre. Backed up by a fantastic DVD recorded live at Bristol's Cube Cinema (in which Manyfingers is shown to be a many-tentacled genius), 'Our Worn Shadow' is a brilliant follow-up to his debut - a record which has long been sold out on cd and about which we get pestered on a regular basis. Essential purchase!