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![MH-240 Pedro - Pedro [2006 Edition]](/album_art_front/MH240_F.jpg) |
MH-240 Pedro - Pedro [2006 Edition]  Originally released in Europe on Manchester's Melodic Records, Pedro's self-titled full-length debut has garnered universal critical praise, including nods from a number of his production peers. The album is the sound of an artist finding his voice through the distillation of disparate musical forms. Textures of jazz, folk, and rock sit upon a bed of hip-hop infused beats supplemented with samples chopped and layered as musical instruments. The compositions range from simple piano embellished with rhythm generating effects to complex collages filled with live synths swirling over layers of heavy drum programming. The CD version of the album contains the EP, Fear & Resilience (which features remixes by Danger Mouse, Four Tet, Prefuse 73, and others) as a bonus CD. |
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| A knob-twiddler extrordinaire - Under The Radar / Wonderful stuff - NME / A resplendent sound collage - Remix / There will be few better soundtracks to this summer - Stylus / This is IDM that never loses the listener in its tangents. - BPM / A genre-confounding tale of the unexpected from the deftest of techno artisans - Mojo |
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| Pedro (aka DJ and producer James Rutledge) follows up some promising singles and remixes with a summery collection sounds from his computer. Quirky, if not downright barmy, he never seems to waste time noodling, and with his highly textured arrangements looping and tumbling into unexpected territories, there's always a lushness and fresh feel to his work. - The Independent |
