building to a stunning passage featuring the signature heavy muting technique of the Gamelan Salukat metallophones in kinetic patterns that would be at home on a Príncipe release
tender strain of psychedelic electro-pop shaped by exhaustion
but this film focuses on the here and now
the album’s through-line comes into focus
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RICHARD SPAVEN - LIGHT OF DAY April Marmara building to a stunning passageLight of Day is the new album from Richard Spaven, one of the defining rhythmic voices of the past two decades, shaping the space where jazz, hip hop, club culture and drum and bass meet. His technical fluency and electronic sensibility place groove at the centre of his language, allowing him to control density, space and pulse with clarity. Across work with Loyle Carner, Jordan Rakei, Petter Eldh and Alfa Mist, his playing remains recognisable