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- Summary: The second full-length release for experimental electronic artist Chester Raj Anand was recorded with a Lexicon PCM 90 and an Eventide H3000 while he was on tour.
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- Record Label: Ghostly International
- Genre(s): Electronic, Downtempo, Experimental Electronic, Left-Field House, IDM, Left-Field Hip-Hop
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Jan 28, 2016The unifying factor? It's Para's evocative beauty, a underlying glimmer that flows from the album's sumptuous opening chords to its final spectral fade.
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Jan 28, 2016Armed with sounds of vintage gear recorded at a hospitable Austin, Texas instrument shop, Anand created Para in a number of locations, yet the album sounds like it was made in deep, zoned-out concentration. Its track sequencing is fluid as well, even when the array of approaches verges on excessive.
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Jan 28, 2016PARA, is both exactly what its name suggests and a galaxy of far, far-flung musical touchstones.
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Jan 28, 2016There are sounds, but are they melodies? Yes and no. We hear these sounds and get awed by how Lord Raja manages to suspend the belief that they, the sounds, are somehow working to form a whole. Snares and pads and synths. The same formula, a slightly different approach.