Ambient music isn’t usually characterised by buzzing keyboards and a robotic voice intoning “you and me… together” in slightly sinister tone.
However, David Atair’s form of electronica isn’t completely based around the opening 30 seconds of this release. Synths bubble and swish as the scene is set for the soundtrack to a trip to the farthest reaches of our solar system on Jupiter.
Elsewhere, ‘Tend The Path’s snippets of chatter bring The Orb to mind while inevitably Brian Eno’s Apollo series will be a frame of reference.
‘Juno’ is an EP – Altair’s back catalogue includes May release ‘Movies’, as well as work recorded under the Chameleon Jersey monicker. These explore more beats-driven music, but fear not, it’s more Chemical Bros or Orbital, rather than Calvin Harris. In all, ‘Juno’ works well as an introduction to his work as well as the whole ambient genre.
(This piece originally appeared in the Burnley Express)
On line arts/music magazine beauty of washing lines has long championed David Altair`s ambient music -Movies and Chameleon Jersely are great albums in the genre.
Garry Franks
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Nice review and nice album. I like the way Douglas the graphic designer edited my wave image a bit more for the album.