Future Loop Foundation - The Sea And Sky EP

Although obviously very intimate to its creator, it doesn't seem to find any kind of direct expression beyond that.

Single Review by Jack MacFarlane | 10 Jul 2007
Single title: The Sea And Sky EP
Artist: Future Loop Foundation
Label: Louisiana Recordings
Future Loop Foundation looked to create something very personal with his Memories From A Fading Room LP. Approached as a multimedia project, family archive interviews and Super-8 footage were incorporated into songs and an accompanying companion film was made (viewable on youtube). In the case of the original track, remixed throughout this EP, the clips amount to no more than repetitive sound bites which are largely obscured by the gentle swells of orchestral ambient music. Although obviously very intimate to its creator, it doesn't seem to find any kind of direct expression beyond that, and doesn't hold the attention for the song's full nine minute duration. Such intimate material in the hands of others remixers is an odd prospect, but one that fairs reasonably well over all. An original if not wholly successful creation. [Jack McFarlane]
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