Dirtmusic – Lion City LP

Label:
Glitterbeat ‎– GBLP 011
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, 180 GRAM + CD
Country: Germany
Released: 28 Mar 2014
Genre: Rock, Folk, World, & Country

“Lion City” the new Dirtmusic album, is culled from the same Bamako sessions as “Troubles” but offers a decidedly different atmosphere and ambiance. While the Ben Zabo band is still the core collaborator, the textures and tempos are slower and more opaque. Organics and electronics intertwine and unfold unpredictably. There are less guitars and more liquid sounds. The outward frustration and fear documented on the previous album has given way to something more insular and pensive. The echoing space between the notes is emphasized and subsequently so are the voices and the texts.