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Adrian Corker - Raise

Review by Benjamin Bland

An album with admirable intentions, and some pleasant moments, but it takes too many listens to make its strengths known.»

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New solo album by Adrian Corker (Corker / Conboy). With a background in electronic music, experimenting with samplers and varied live instruments during the 90s, Corker also developed a parallel career developing film scores. Interested in the way changes in different spaces affected the recordings and performances, Corker chose to record in numerous locations from his local pub to Valgeir Sigurosson's legendary Greenhouse Studios in Iceland. The album features performances from, The Elysian Quartet, Lucy Railton and members of The Portico Quartet. 'Raise' combines tranquil moments of expansive beauty, gentle piano and subtle strings and synths with surges of ominous force, resulting in a work that is replete with emotion, curiosity, and humanity. For fans of Nico Muhly, Ben Frost, Stars Of The Lid, Winged Victory Of The Sullen and Fennesz.
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