Lee Gamble - Diversions 1994 - 1996

Brilliant release! Some of it reminds me of Burials beatless tracks.

Heres what boomkat says

Well, this could very well be our favourite record on the PAN label yet. It has a concept so brilliant and simple we can't quite believe it hasn't been done before, taking the burning embers, breakdowns and ambient interludes off classic Jungle mixtapes and re-assembling them into a ghostly ambient-not-ambient mix that's at once hugely nostalgic and totally forward thinking - so so good* 'Diversions 1994-1996' is Lee Gamble's chimeric recollection of jungle's golden era. Using samples sourced solely from his cache of jungle mixtapes accrued as a raving teenager, Gamble creates a richly evocative, serotonin-depleted suite of morphing, diffuse and dusty moments, choosing to largely focus on the sensuous interzones between the rhythmic torque, rendering those sharply contrasting fragments of euphoric diva vocals, angelic techno pads and jazz fusion-aping chords as tantalising, ghostly immersions. However, while hypnagogic in effect, the processes behind Gamble's manipulations owe far more to his background in academic computer music - he's a founding member of Brum-via-London's CYRK collective and has previously released on the equally high-brow Entr'acte imprint - applying tactile, de/reconstructive software programming to emphasise the grain and weft of the source material, in turn yielding nano-fine layers of microtonal dissonance, fathomless amounts of space and timbral quirks that were always there, yet practically imperceptible in original form. It's effect is visceral, starkly compelling, bound to send shivers up the spine of anyone who's stood with their ears ringing at the end of a warehouse party and returned home in a state of near-shellshocked delirium after disengaging the soundsystem.

Listen to tracks in full here

http://www.junodownload.com/products/diversions-1994-1996/2068421-02/

i'm curious for this, although, the tracs could be longer and with more fleeting rhythms

  On 11/4/2012 at 3:02 PM, Redruth said:

i'm curious for this, although, the tracs could be longer and with more fleeting rhythms

The whole release is in fact one long continous track, it's just splitted at some points.

To be honest this is the first time I enjoy a LG work longer than usual, his Entr'acte is hard stuff (a softer version of Hecker actually).

Nice idea to rework old jungle breakdowns. Surely not a new idea but brilliantly executed.

  On 11/4/2012 at 3:18 PM, MarinaStewart said:

  On 11/4/2012 at 3:02 PM, Redruth said:

i'm curious for this, although, the tracs could be longer and with more fleeting rhythms

 

The whole release is in fact one long continous track, it's just splitted at some points.

To be honest this is the first time I enjoy a LG work longer than usual, his Entr'acte is hard stuff (a softer version of Hecker actually).

 

Nice idea to rework old jungle breakdowns. Surely not a new idea but brilliantly executed.

have u had the album he's put on entr'acte ? i want to hear

This is a great release! He's got another one up on PAN soon, this one more in the vein of his Entr'act electroacoustic work.

Indepth interview with Lee Gamble here

  On 11/4/2012 at 3:57 PM, flurobox said:

This is a great release! He's got another one up on PAN soon, this one more in the vein of his Entr'act electroacoustic work.

oh' my goodness

  On 11/4/2012 at 3:47 PM, Redruth said:

  On 11/4/2012 at 3:18 PM, MarinaStewart said:

  On 11/4/2012 at 3:02 PM, Redruth said:

i'm curious for this, although, the tracs could be longer and with more fleeting rhythms

 

The whole release is in fact one long continous track, it's just splitted at some points.

To be honest this is the first time I enjoy a LG work longer than usual, his Entr'acte is hard stuff (a softer version of Hecker actually).

 

Nice idea to rework old jungle breakdowns. Surely not a new idea but brilliantly executed.

 

have u had the album he's put on entr'acte ? i want to hear

Yes, I have it, it's called Join Extensions:

http://www.discogs.c...release/2034224

I just took it out of archive, I go back to you via PM.

BTW, both albums on PAN are really good, the one and the second aswell ;)))

interesting. ghostly, empty and odd (sounds), in a good way.

This is super good, perfect music for a chilly fall day. Made a mix of these and Burial's ambient bits and am absolutely loving it. Anyone know of more music like this?

Really enjoying this as well. Just picked up the digital. M25 is sending some strong FSOL vibes.

@Six, if you're looking for stuff in general with eroded, ghostly atmospheres:

Tape Loop Orchestra

Pinkcourtesyphone

Geoff Mullen - Bongo Closet

The Caretaker

Indignant Senility - Plays Wagner

Philip Jeck - From '7' onwards

Thanks Tauhid! I'm well acquainted with The Caretaker, Indignant Senility, and Philip Jeck, but the first three are new to me. Looking forward to checking them out, thanks for the recommendations!

  On 11/4/2012 at 6:14 PM, Tauhid said:

Tape Loop Orchestra

i have the 'defragment' from him and am very harppy from it. i'd never listened to tape loop orchestra, it is very beautiful. thx plees friend

  On 11/5/2012 at 12:42 AM, Redruth said:

  On 11/4/2012 at 6:14 PM, Tauhid said:

Tape Loop Orchestra

 

i have the 'defragment' from him and am very harppy from it. i'd never listened to tape loop orchestra, it is very beautiful. thx plees friend

Yup. While we're at it:

http://forum.watmm.com/topic/76070-tape-loop-orchestra-in-a-lonely-place/page__hl__tape+loop+orchestra

On paper this should be right up my street but I'm not feeling it at all. Something about it just doesn't hit the spot; even feels a bit lazy.

Sorry to be a negative Nancy!

This audio sludge probably qualifies, from 2006. Rave disintegrated. It's been deleted a long time. Uploaded illegally from this link below. Sailing close.

http://5-against-4.blogspot.de/2011/10/contemporary-epics-vvm-death-of-rave.html

After I listened some times again, I wonder a bit why so many artists working with rave signals are getting the hype treatment. The album by Lee Gamble is wonderfully crafted but I wonder why so many try to squeeze the concepts in an article calling it "a new touch to music".

Interview:

http://thequietus.com/articles/10868-lee-gamble-interview-diversions-dutch-tvashar-plumes

Gig: http://www.cafeoto.co.uk/mika-vainio-lee-gamble-will-guthrie.shtm

Saw him at CTM.13, brilliant performance and musician!

It's def my dream to make it out to CTM some time. Saw Gamble in London myself. Not much in the way of an entertaining performance but he played some nice tracks which ran the spectrum from stripped back, dub techno to AE-inspired IDM. 70% talent 30% hype if you ask me.

  On 12/18/2012 at 7:56 AM, Tauhid said:

Interview:

 

http://thequietus.com/articles/10868-lee-gamble-interview-diversions-dutch-tvashar-plumes

it's cool to read someone mention autechre (more than once) in an interview. i feel like even though they're clearly so influential i don't really come across this very often.