Purdy – Body Variations
Listening to Purdy’s Body Variations is like falling through time, moving backwards and forwards through Middle Eastern dances, robotic voices and a disorientating barnyard. The electronica flow is continuous throughout, changing but never dropping.
Static mixes with acoustic music, crackling and cutting, in and out, in the style of a much older recording. This is a mélange of sound, each jumping over each other like a well practiced circus act.
Though it is filled with juxtaposing elements, it continues to progress to a steady beat, marching on and lingering in the mind. (SP)
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BY SARAH PRITCHARD