| Description | : DEKORDER 007, 2003; NEW ALBUM BY DÍDAC P. LAGARRIGA FROM BRAZIL / SPAIN (ALSO ACTIVE WITH HIS LABEL OOZE.BAP) WITH HIS INTIMATE MINIMAL ETHNIC INTERPLAY-MUSIC., THE CURIOUSLY TITLED LIKE A PACKED CUPBOARD BUT QUITE..." IS THE 2ND RELEASE FOR THE DEKORDER LABEL BY UN CADDIE RENVERSÉ DANS L'HERBE A.K.A. DÍDAC P. LAGARRIGA FROM BARCELONA, SPAIN AFTER HIS BEAUTIFUL 3"CD "NOW THERE'S A WEIRD TASTE IN MY MOUTH". NOT UNLIKE HIS PREVIOUS WORKS WHICH HAVE BEEN COMPARED TO THE LIKES OF PASCAL COMELADE, ASA CHANG & JUNRAY, PENGUIN CAFÉ ORCHESTRA AND STEVE BERESFORD, THE ALBUM'S USING REPETITION AND SIMPLICITY, MELODY AND WARMTH, CHARM AND A POSITIVE NAIVITY TO CREATE AN ADDICTIVE, OFTEN HYPNOTIC MUZAK; NEVER OVERLOADED, FULL OF SPACE FOR TINY SURPRISING IDEAS/SOUNDS AND LITTLE ELEMENTS AND INFLUENCES TO UNFOLD THEIR INNER BEAUTY. THIS IS CONTEMPORARY AND TIMELESS MUSIC WITHOUT THE URGE TO BE (POST-) MODERN JUST FOR THE SAKE OF BEING SO., STILL FEATURING THE UNUSUAL BUT FASCINATING COMBINATION OF AFRICAN INSTRUMENTS SUCH AS THE BALAPHON, MBIRA, KALIMBA, BERIMBAU WITH MODERN SOFTWARE, PIANO, CELLO, GUITAR, BASS, MELODICA, CHIMES, THE OVERALL THEME OF THE ALBUM IS A DIRECT REACTION TO THE WIDELY USED (AND MISLEADING) TERM OF "EXOTICA" OFTEN FOUND IN THE WRITINGS ABOUT LAGARRIGA'S MUSIC AND OTHER SO-CALLED "WORLD MUSIC". OFTEN USED BY OUR BELOVED "1ST WORLD" TO CREATE A PSEUDO-ROMANTIC MARKETING NICHE THESE TERMS HAVE BECOME EMPTY LABELS FOR CULTURES WE DON'T KNOW TOO WELL OR ARE TOO LAZY TO LEARN ABOUT WITHOUT ACCEPTING THE FACT THAT EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE IS (OR, AT LEAST, CAN BE) INFLUENCED BY ANYTHING ELSE. WE ARE NOT LIVING IN A HERMETIC CAPITALIZED SURROUNDING BUT TOO OFTEN ACT AS IF WE ARE... |
