{"id":7702,"date":"2015-05-26T11:41:20","date_gmt":"2015-05-26T10:41:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.cronicaelectronica.org\/?p=7702"},"modified":"2017-01-02T19:58:08","modified_gmt":"2017-01-02T18:58:08","slug":"residual-forms-reviewed-by-blackaudio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.cronicaelectronica.org\/?p=7702","title":{"rendered":"\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Residual Forms\u00e2\u20ac\u009d reviewed by Blackaudio"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.cronicaelectronica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/cronica086-2014_520.jpg\" alt=\"Residual Forms\" width=\"520\" height=\"507\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6926\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.cronicaelectronica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/cronica086-2014_520.jpg 520w, http:\/\/blog.cronicaelectronica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/cronica086-2014_520-260x253.jpg 260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><br \/>\nThis 20 minute one-track EP is available only on Digital Download (unfortunately for the collectors out there); with Adkins thematically covering the notion of \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcdrift\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 and a lone figure wandering round a city, locked in their own world.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u02dcResidual Forms\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 is a beautiful release; with captivating drones and harmonies that slide and weave gently together into a rich tapestry of glowing light. Gentle smatterings of understated piano; lay as the bridge for low basses to fall from and light pads to float upwards to the sky.<\/p>\n<p>It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s easy to become sucked into Monty\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s story. If there ever was a lesson on how to hypnotise a listener with music, then Adkins accomplished ambient will engross those with a penchant for the genre with consummate ease.<\/p>\n<p>Adkins does have his own sense of originality, but the tell-tale swells of low distorted guitar that rush the listener midway, are reminiscent of Fennesz; and that is no insult at all, completely the opposite in fact.<\/p>\n<p>As a lover and avid fan of most music of this ilk, all I can say to Cr\u00c3\u00b3nica is \u00e2\u20ac\u0153vinyl please\u00e2\u20ac\u009d.<\/p>\n<p>9\/10<\/p>\n<p>via <a href=\"https:\/\/blackaudio.wordpress.com\/2015\/05\/24\/monty-adkins-residual-forms-dl-cronica\/\">Blackaudio<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 42px;\" src=\"http:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=2984159051\/size=small\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=e99708\/transparent=true\/\" seamless><a href=\"http:\/\/cronica.bandcamp.com\/album\/residual-forms\">Residual Forms by Monty Adkins<\/a><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This 20 minute one-track EP is available only on Digital Download (unfortunately for the collectors out there); with Adkins thematically covering the notion of \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcdrift\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 and a lone figure wandering round a city, locked in their own world. \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcResidual Forms\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 is a beautiful release; with captivating drones and harmonies that slide and weave gently together &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.cronicaelectronica.org\/?p=7702\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Residual Forms\u00e2\u20ac\u009d reviewed by Blackaudio&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[364,279],"class_list":["post-7702","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews","tag-364","tag-monty-adkins","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.cronicaelectronica.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7702","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.cronicaelectronica.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.cronicaelectronica.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.cronicaelectronica.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.cronicaelectronica.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7702"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/blog.cronicaelectronica.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7702\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7703,"href":"http:\/\/blog.cronicaelectronica.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7702\/revisions\/7703"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.cronicaelectronica.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7702"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.cronicaelectronica.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7702"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.cronicaelectronica.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7702"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}