Essentially a sampler introduction to Lullatone as prelude to the release of Songs that Spin in Circles. Thematically gentle tender sleep rendered music, first wrought in the mode Shawn James Seymour as a method of working at night while vocalist and partner and Yoshimi Seymour slept. The arrival of their child Niko also seems to have provided inspiration for this collection of electronic lullabies whose intricate and delicate glistening easily seduces the listener. Conceptually it could be said to be in the form of music for babies, if this concept were not derived from the ‘play Mozart to them to increase their intelligence’ but that formal aspects of music provided excellent tools for the calming of the young as well as being in themselves intelligent and well wrought popular formal exercises. Cuteness is essentially a guise, however endearing.
In Marching to sleep a combination of excellent glockenspiel brightness with marching tempo drumming, clever sampled marching feet, delicate vocal, sampled and played in a simple round acts both as an effective device as well simple beauty. Good Morning Melody opens with warm trinkling electronic tones, and a insistent wistful narrative of awakening towards the day. Leaves Falling includes guitar and glockenspiel combination in bright patterns, introducing modes of effect on guitar elements moving it akin to a bouzouki and a crisp click keeping time. The final track is supremely effective and deceptive: Kitty Coda (extended lullaby mix) builds and intertwines simple and intricate rhythm and melody structures in a gentle brightness that whilst succumbing to its soporific spell you also know the intricate beauty holds within it a distillation of musical knowledge that makes this a quiet gem.
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