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PAUL HARTNOLL - Ideal Condition
| IndieLondon | PAUL Hartnoll’s debut solo album The Ideal Condition is, by his own admission, a deliberate departure from the sound of Orbital (of which he formed one important half).
It still contains a cinematic sweep but it now features acoustic instrumentation alongside the trademark electronic sounds....full text |
| | MusicOMH.com | | When sibling duo Orbital decided to quit three years ago there was barely a dry eye from ‘home clubber' to the massed throngs of Glastonbury space cadets. They were after all the cheeky duo who came to epitomise the euphoric, emotional face of widescreen ambient techno....full text |
| | The Independent | | Like many a DJ/producer who cut their teeth on high-octane rave - one thinks of William Orbit and David (Ocean's 11/12/13) Holmes - Paul Hartnoll's solo debut finds the former Orbital sibling setting his sights on territory occupied by film soundtrack scorers and modern classical composers. The opener "Haven't We Met Before?" is typical, its harp, strings and woodwind combining in a manner reminiscent of both Moondog and European film music, as they're strapped to a pulsing synth framework and hurled to a choral climax. "For Silence" is less dramatic, with delicate dulcimer languishing in a bed of strings behind Lianne Hall's throaty gargle of a vocal; while the austere clarinet and violin clouds of "Dust Motes" are cheered up by late-breaking shafts of sunlight strings and flute....full text |
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