machinefabriek - Lenteliedjes
Rutger Zuydervelt (the man behind the Machine) seems incapable of writing a single bad note - with 'Lenteliedjes' taking the formulaic notion of a song a side, then blowing it wide open through eight one-minute pieces that revolve around a simple thematic constant; love songs in spring... Probably best viewed as a micro album that got lost and ended up on a 7", 'Lenteliedjes' displays a firm lineage to the viscous output of Delia Derbyshire and the Radiophonic Workshop recordings - with the melodica flecked opener 'Er Op Uit' a case in point. Seemingly distilled from sunshine, it's one of those songs that makes you feel inherently better - a trick Zuydervelt goes on to replicate through the edible 'Blij Blij Blij' and it's handclapping overture, or the floating synth and drum loops of 'Fiets en Langs de Dijk? (at two minutes, the longest track) wherein spectral melodies coalesce to form distinct and beguiling shapes that draw you in and refuse to relent. Machine music that looks well beyond the oft blinkered boundaries of the genre to coax a new sound from the wires, like those short interludes that made everyone fall in love with Boards of Canada, this is just microscopic nostalgia perfected across 7"s of bliss. Gorgeous.






































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