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The core of A.M. Architect’s inviting sound—laid-back, hip-hop-inflected beats paired with Fender Rhodes melodies, acousticand electric guitar
shadings, and an occasional sample—speaks volumes about its appeal. Though it may be a side project forDiego Chavez (aka Aether) and
Daniel Stanush (aka Magic Note, lead guitarist for The Panic Division), there’s nothing half-assed about the dozen fresh cuts that compose
The Road To The Sun.
Think fifty-two minutes of warm, organic tunes succulently supplemented with pedal steel, cello, field samples, synthesizers,electric piano, ...read more
The core of A.M. Architect’s inviting sound—laid-back, hip-hop-inflected beats paired with Fender Rhodes melodies, acousticand electric guitar
shadings, and an occasional sample—speaks volumes about its appeal. Though it may be a side project forDiego Chavez (aka Aether) and
Daniel Stanush (aka Magic Note, lead guitarist for The Panic Division), there’s nothing half-assed about the dozen fresh cuts that compose
The Road To The Sun.
Think fifty-two minutes of warm, organic tunes succulently supplemented with pedal steel, cello, field samples, synthesizers,electric piano,
and drums and you’re in the right ballpark. That there’s no "deep meaning" to be gleaned from the set isn’t aweakness either, as A.M.
Architect’s lustrous set-pieces are appealing enough on their own terms to render the point moot.
Check out 'Albatross', which breezily glides through a sunlit zone of stutter-funk melodies before slowing to a hazy close. Adda soul-jazz feel
and sprinkle a dash of post-rock into the mix and you’re all set for dreamy fare such as 'Next Of Kin' and 'RoadTo The Sun - Part I'. When
softly cooing female vocals ride a rhythmic wave in the track’s second part, you might findyourself reminded of the enticing vocal cuts Scott
Herren occasionally works into his Prefuse 73 full-lengths—not badcompany for A.M. Architect to keep. And you’ll have a tough time in this
year or any year finding an instrumental hip-hoptrack more ravishing than 'Upon', as strong an argument for The Road To The Sun as
could possibly be made. Each trackbleeds almost immediately into the next, making the album feel like a strong club set where, egged on by
an appreciativecrowd, Chavez and Stanush can’t wait to dig into the next song the moment the previous one’s done. Don’t be surprised
if,listening to it, you don’t feel the same.
The album The Road To The Sun can be streamed and purchased at: http://amarchitect.bandcamp.com/ « hide |
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