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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 James Rutledge) is a knob-twiddler extrordinaire who takes cues from Boards of Canada and Brian Eno, mixing electronic textures and hip-hop beats with classical flourishes and precision. This 2-disc U.S. reissue of Pedro's 2003 acclaimed debut album includes an EP featuring remixes from Four Tet, Danger Mouse, and Prefuse 73. Pedro succeeds with interesting melodic flows contained in an otherwise metallic world. - Under the Radar |
