Dave Fulton - Of These Things Left Unsaid
Artist: Dave Fulton
Title: Of These Things Left Unsaid
Hypnos Recordings
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Of Those Things Left Unsaid is the first new solo
release in over a decade from Dave Fulton, former member of
electronic group Dweller at the Threshold (who released
Ouroborus on Hypnos sublabel Binary in 2001.
Fulton also released The Range, a collaboration
with multi-instrumentalist Giles Reaves, on Binary
in 2007, and two collaborations with Hypnos founder M.
Griffin, The Most Distant Point Known and
Imprint.
Incorporating a blend of rich analog and modular electronics
along with digital synthesizers, plus piano and guitar,
Of Those Things Left Unsaid evolved over the course
of thirteen years' creation. Composed and recorded by Dave Fulton, with
contributions from Jamie Haggerty and Giles Reaves, a completely organic
approach to recording was taken, using a variety of vintage electronic
synthesizers and early 8 & 12 bit samplers. While much modern electronic
music is primarily sequence-driven and quantized to a degree that renders
the music more robotic than human, Fulton tried to use computers only as
recording the performances, not driving them.
Perhaps Fulton's most emotive and personal work, Of Those Things
Left Unsaid should not only appeal to existing fans of Fulton's
earlier solo and collaborative works, but also those listeners
seeking a blend of retro and modern electronic sounds with a
smooth musicality.
Track listing with MP3 samples:
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Reviews
"Dave Fulton's latest sonic collection is pure lush, analog goodness. Moody, blissed-out synths weave, stereo-pan and
bubble through serene, haunting soundscapes. The perfect emotive-yet-chill soundtrack for driving, meditation, running
along the Coast on a cold, rainy morning or working on that unsolved murder mystery in the dead of night."
--Andy Fish
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"The album is comprised of eight tracks, divided into two sound cycles that literally melt into one long electronic tone
poem. Sonically it overflows with sequences of varying timbre and vibration, layers of dark melodic intensity and powerful
pulsing undulations.
The album commences with "Dread Not," a pulsing beat overlaid with a wash of layered synthetic melodies. That segues
directly into "Inverse Fields,"" a pastiche of counterpoint between sonic seasonings, effects and celestial harmonics
layered over the top creating a Sci-Fi soundscape that picks up steam as it morphs into "Particles Lost" featuring
running sequences of classic era Teutonic origin. Side 1 concludes with "Of That Death, This Is Said" a percolating
mélange of multi-melodies, undulating pulsations, synthetic exotica and deep sequential riffs ending with a fade out of
high-end frequencies. In fact, a literal transcription does little justice to the music. It offers far more emotional
impact if you simply listen and free flow with the sound.
As he explained it to me, the album was an act of personal, emotional cleansing of sorts, as the title states ... Of Those
Things Left Unsaid. Nowhere is that more evident than in the music of Side 2, which features the albums extended four-part
title tone poem. It begins with a prelude featuring a slow, beautiful, piano theme that transforms into a dense drone with
high-pitched frequency oscillations fading into a somber dirge followed by a more powerful melodic piece with up-tempo
rhythms layered with overlapping melodies.
The albums climatic final piece, the title track, begins with deep powerful synthetic surges transforming into counter
melodies, at times fragile, then alternately soaring and uplifting, the track and album ultimately fading out in a wash
of droning white noise. Sonically the final track serves to illustrates the emotional difficulty of starting over again,
moving forward into an uncertain future and leaving the past forever behind you.
With this album, Dave Fulton has created a highly personal chronicle of his emotional landscape over the past decade, in
sound. He has also created a universal statement that everyone can relate to about the transient nature of life today, as
we know it now. He uses the most powerful mode of communication there is -- music. Electronic music is often criticized as
soulless, mechanical and devoid of emotion. Of Those Things left Unsaid proves that completely wrong."
--Archie Patterson