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MH-213 Clue To Kalo - Come Here When You Sleepwalk  Combining equally strong elements of laptop production, heartfelt vocals, and non-traditional songwriting, Come Here When You Sleepwalk is the extraordinary new release from Australian musician Clue To Kalo (Mark Mitchell). Featuring both down and uptempo tracks, the release's strengths are its ever-morphing melodies, keyboard lines, and drum machines, and understated vocals that never use more words or volume than necessary to set their mood. At first glance, the lyrics seem simple, yet they cut to the heart of their topic with precision. Damaged personalities, wounded relationships and underlying hope saturate tracks on a release that should establish Clue To Kalo as one of the finest songwriters and producers working in electronic music today. |
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| An elegant digital reverie - Mojo / Gorgeous sounds that seem so simple and effortless that they could almost come from the mind of a child - CMJ / Records like these give us cause to sing. - Urb / Soothing, swirling electronic melancholy - Tokion / Majestic. - Logo / An album to dream with - BBC / A wonderful debut - All Music Guide |
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| Somewhere along the line Radiohead came across artists like Autechre and Aphex Twin. This resulted in the world's first mainstream appearance of IDM-rock taking place in the form of Kid A. Come 2003 and Clue to Kalo has molded the genre into a more coherent form. Come Here When You Sleepwalk takes the listener through a pastel-toned mist spattered with sparks of florescent percussion. Rather than using vocals like black text over paper, Mark Mitchell uses them sparingly and then only as colored pencil would make watercolor more vibrant. This album is a must for anyone in search of downtempo work that promotes restrained yet passionate head bobbing. Instead of a downtrodden aura Kid A exudes at moments, Clue to Kalo fits like a warm jacket on a windy night. - Long Beach Union |
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