Tracklist

#1 Pattern Matching
#2 I Always Lie
#3 Everything From Shells
#4 The Ten Thousand Things
#5 2 5 1
#6 Octatone Rag
#7 Always Both
#8 Sprung
#9 Against The Diagram Makers
#10 Turn Right & Straight On Til Morning

Single MP3s for this release are $0.99.

Vert / Small Pieces Loosely Joined

Sonig

formats available

CD
$13.00
sonig 030 cd
4260035453028
Street Date:
December 23rd, 2003
Ship Date:
December 15th, 2003
LP
$13.00
sonig 030LP
4260035453011
Street Date:
December 23rd, 2003
Ship Date:
December 15th, 2003

The masterful sound design of Vert’s third Sonig album creaks and splutters, rumbles and rocks, breaks and blows from all sides and every angle. Despite complexity, British exile and resident of Cologne Adam Butler grooves with the best of them. Small Pieces Loosely Joined comprises both flirty come-ons in pop’s direction and short sketches, apropos of its title. Using accordion, Rhodes, lots of piano, and a dense tissue of electronica, the tracks approach musical themes, toy with them, view them from different angles, and then move on to new pastures. The listener is by no means swept away in a maelstrom of sonic events, but rather engaged by the pace of Small Pieces Loosely Joined. You simply can’t not listen. Vert conjures up tension and dissolves it by turns in a wonderfully charming, articulate and unpredictable manner. This string of loosely, even randomly connected musical clippings contains a clear thread of musical rigor, embedded deep down in the complex arrangements, traceable throughout the entire album. • Charming and thoughtful electronica from the UK (by way of Cologne) • Third album for Sonig