Tim Hecker - Harmony In Ultraviolet (Black Vinyl) Compct Disc pop sensibility to the table

pop sensibility to the table

London-based duo Bicep (Matt McBriar and Andy Ferguson) release the deluxe reissue of their renowned second album

DJ & instrumentalist

and a melodic sensibility that retains a strange and alluring aura

as part of a feature I was writing on the record

Tim Hecker - Harmony In Ultraviolet (Black Vinyl) Compct Disc pop sensibility to the table"Harmony is, paradoxically, Hecker's most dramatic and most oceanic record. The former implies twists, arc, and carefully planned change intended to evoke specific effects; the latter suggests stasis, immersion, and a state of dreamy contemplation. Harmony manages to be both these things by surprising as it mesmerizes, with Hecker reigning in or tempering any jarring effects just enough to keep the self obliterating sense of endless drone intact. One