Artist  : Andrew Hargreaves
Title   : Fragments
Genre   : Electronic
Year    : 2010
Date    : 08/2010
Bitrate : VBR kbps
Tracks  : 12
Label   : Lacies Records
Source  : CDDA
Encoder : Lame 3.97
Length  : 30:08 min
Size    : 39,7 MB

Tracklist:
----------

01.Handwritten Notes                      04:50
02.Graphophone                            01:09
03.Novena For A Recidivist                02:24
04.Graphapone                             01:13
05.Confusion In Consequence               03:44
06.Graphoagramm                           00:51
07.Hold To The Truth                      05:31
08.Grammaphone                            00:40
09.Trained By Kindness                    02:37
10.Grammophone                            01:23
11.With Some Liberties                    03:05
12.Goodnight Burnley, Wherever You Are    02:41
                                         -------
                                          30:08 min

From Boomkat:

*Limited to just 50 copies for the
world* This album is a collection of
outtakes and misshapes, prepping you for
the proper forthcoming new opus by
Andrew Hargreaves.  That billing sounds
far too dismissive of what this disc
actually presents however: across thirty
minutes Hargreaves - one half of The
Boats - spins through some delightful
sound collages assembled from various
warm and scratchy recordings, all of
which forms a disjointed but ultimately
excellent body of work in its own right.
In general terms these compositions
tend to give the effect of sketches, as
if they've been set to tape without too
much of a narrative form being imposed
during their construction.  Instead, a
piece such as 'Novena For A Recidivist'
seems to hover in place, basking in its
own disintegrating loveliness.  Snatches
of hiss, beaten-up piano and general
electronic sleight of hand all play
their part, and similarly 'Confusion In
Consequence' is almost too heart-
wrenching for its own good - Danny
Norbury adds to the air of dusty,
dilapidated elegance with some
magnificent cello work that intertwines
nicely with Hargreaves' swishing
recording textures and hesitant piano
musings.  There are a few short, sub-
minute-long tracks thrown in here that
really underline the fragmentary feel of
the album, but they're every bit as
important as the longer, more developed
contributions.  'Graphoagramm' is a
brief bass interlude, referencing dub
and tape delays, while the forty-second
spillage of analogue grain that is
'Grammaphone' sets the pace for one of
the album's standout compositions,
'Trained By Kindness', whose jarring mix
of synth arpeggios and weary piano tunes
works a treat.  If these only represent
outtakes, the finished album must be
quite something.

http://www.myspace.com/welovelaciesrecor
ds



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Artist  : Andrew Hargreaves
Title   : Fragments
Genre   : Electronic
Year    : 2010
Date    : 08/2010
Bitrate : VBR kbps
Tracks  : 12
Label   : Lacies Records
Source  : CDDA
Encoder : Lame 3.97
Length  : 30:08 min
Size    : 39,7 MB

Tracklist:
----------

01.Handwritten Notes                      04:50
02.Graphophone                            01:09
03.Novena For A Recidivist                02:24
04.Graphapone                             01:13
05.Confusion In Consequence               03:44
06.Graphoagramm                           00:51
07.Hold To The Truth                      05:31
08.Grammaphone                            00:40
09.Trained By Kindness                    02:37
10.Grammophone                            01:23
11.With Some Liberties                    03:05
12.Goodnight Burnley, Wherever You Are    02:41
                                         -------
                                          30:08 min

From Boomkat:

*Limited to just 50 copies for the
world* This album is a collection of
outtakes and misshapes, prepping you for
the proper forthcoming new opus by
Andrew Hargreaves.  That billing sounds
far too dismissive of what this disc
actually presents however: across thirty
minutes Hargreaves - one half of The
Boats - spins through some delightful
sound collages assembled from various
warm and scratchy recordings, all of
which forms a disjointed but ultimately
excellent body of work in its own right.
In general terms these compositions
tend to give the effect of sketches, as
if they've been set to tape without too
much of a narrative form being imposed
during their construction.  Instead, a
piece such as 'Novena For A Recidivist'
seems to hover in place, basking in its
own disintegrating loveliness.  Snatches
of hiss, beaten-up piano and general
electronic sleight of hand all play
their part, and similarly 'Confusion In
Consequence' is almost too heart-
wrenching for its own good - Danny
Norbury adds to the air of dusty,
dilapidated elegance with some
magnificent cello work that intertwines
nicely with Hargreaves' swishing
recording textures and hesitant piano
musings.  There are a few short, sub-
minute-long tracks thrown in here that
really underline the fragmentary feel of
the album, but they're every bit as
important as the longer, more developed
contributions.  'Graphoagramm' is a
brief bass interlude, referencing dub
and tape delays, while the forty-second
spillage of analogue grain that is
'Grammaphone' sets the pace for one of
the album's standout compositions,
'Trained By Kindness', whose jarring mix
of synth arpeggios and weary piano tunes
works a treat.  If these only represent
outtakes, the finished album must be
quite something.

http://www.myspace.com/welovelaciesrecor
ds



This NFO File was rendered by NFOmation.net