Ezekiel Honig & Morgan Packard
Early Morning Migration
'Early Morning Migrations' is one of those albums which I never thought got the attention it deserved - It is, in my opinion, one of the loveliest selections of electronic music I've heard over the last few years. Thankfully Morgan Packard exploded back onto the scene with the recent (and also utterly fantastic) 'Airships Fill the Sky' album, so hopefully this should draw more listeners to this earlier collaborative work. The mood here is markedly similar; delicately carved electronic love songs, with percussion sounding something like it's been made using only the tools found at the back of the shed, but where 'Airships...' has traces of a haunted dancefloor somewhere, 'Early Morning Migrations' is markedly more peaceful, more fuzzy around the edges. It's almost like listening to a dream, lightly punctuated by the clatter and crumble of the outside world but hazy, floating and beautiful at all times, yet it would be wrong to merely label this as 'ambient music'. Like the best electronic albums this one doesn't ever sink into the realms of audio wallpaper and the cleverly constructed harmonies will have grab you and move you in just the way we like. Just flick over to the gorgeous stand out track 'Plant out Broken Branches pt.1' and you'll realise what I'm going on about; through a haze of processed field recording and rolling beats we are drawn into the track's beauty, played through a fuzzy Rhodes melody. What I'm trying to say is if you like your electronic music warm, delicate and expertly produced then you simply need to hear this album. Huge recommendation!
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'Early Morning Migrations' is one of those albums which I never thought got the attention it deserved - It is, in my opinion, one of the loveliest selections of electronic music I've heard over the last few years. Thankfully Morgan Packard exploded back onto the scene with the recent (and also utterly fantastic) 'Airships Fill the Sky' album, so hopefully this should draw more listeners to this earlier collaborative work. The mood here is markedly similar; delicately carved electronic love songs, with percussion sounding something like it's been made using only the tools found at the back of the shed, but where 'Airships...' has traces of a haunted dancefloor somewhere, 'Early Morning Migrations' is markedly more peaceful, more fuzzy around the edges. It's almost like listening to a dream, lightly punctuated by the clatter and crumble of the outside world but hazy, floating and beautiful at all times, yet it would be wrong to merely label this as 'ambient music'. Like the best electronic albums this one doesn't ever sink into the realms of audio wallpaper and the cleverly constructed harmonies will have grab you and move you in just the way we like. Just flick over to the gorgeous stand out track 'Plant out Broken Branches pt.1' and you'll realise what I'm going on about; through a haze of processed field recording and rolling beats we are drawn into the track's beauty, played through a fuzzy Rhodes melody. What I'm trying to say is if you like your electronic music warm, delicate and expertly produced then you simply need to hear this album. Huge recommendation!
'Early Morning Migrations' is one of those albums which I never thought got the attention it deserved - It is, in my opinion, one of the loveliest selections of electronic music I've heard over the last few years. Thankfully Morgan Packard exploded back onto the scene with the recent (and also utterly fantastic) 'Airships Fill the Sky' album, so hopefully this should draw more listeners to this earlier collaborative work. The mood here is markedly similar; delicately carved electronic love songs, with percussion sounding something like it's been made using only the tools found at the back of the shed, but where 'Airships...' has traces of a haunted dancefloor somewhere, 'Early Morning Migrations' is markedly more peaceful, more fuzzy around the edges. It's almost like listening to a dream, lightly punctuated by the clatter and crumble of the outside world but hazy, floating and beautiful at all times, yet it would be wrong to merely label this as 'ambient music'. Like the best electronic albums this one doesn't ever sink into the realms of audio wallpaper and the cleverly constructed harmonies will have grab you and move you in just the way we like. Just flick over to the gorgeous stand out track 'Plant out Broken Branches pt.1' and you'll realise what I'm going on about; through a haze of processed field recording and rolling beats we are drawn into the track's beauty, played through a fuzzy Rhodes melody. What I'm trying to say is if you like your electronic music warm, delicate and expertly produced then you simply need to hear this album. Huge recommendation!