Melody As Truth Vinyl, CD & Tape 4 Artikel

Some 18 months on from the release of his acclaimed Exit Strategies 12”, Jonny Nash returns with Eden, an album recorded in Bali and the United Kingdom throughout 2016. While many of his aural trademarks are present - think glistening guitars, drifting synthesizer chords and subtle piano motifs - Eden feels a little different: humid, dense and decidely "murkier" than previous outings.Check, for example, the gently pulsing rhythms, layered vocal samples and hazy ambient house era textures of "Maroon Crisp", or the sparkling melodies, chiming percussion and bubbly drum machine matters of "Ding Repair"; both tracks are as beautiful and life-affirming as you'd expect, but feel far more widescreen in vision. Eden is full of these kind of moments. There's the undulating mysticism of "Conversations With Mike", the delay-laden, outer-space ambience of "Down At Babakan", and the crystal clear brilliance of closer "Lime".

Next up, MAT8. "Passive Aggressive", the first collaborative album release from Jonny Nash & Suzanne Kraft.

Following on from the acclaimed “Talk From Home”, Suzanne Kraft returns to Melody As Truth with a second full release, “What You Get For Being Young”. Recorded in Amsterdam over the course of May 2016, “What You Get For Being Young” offers a full immersion into Kraft’s ever-evolving world. Lush, digital manipulated synths spread across cold surfaces, metallic drums dance around skeletal song structures. Whilst echoes of “Talk From Home” remain, they are but faint echoes, as Kraft’s recent exploration into sound-design and digital manipulation confidently posits “What You Get For Being Young” as an entirely new chapter in the artist’s growing narrative.

Melody As Truth proudly presents this beautiful split 7-inch by Jonny Nash together with Suzanne Kraft. The release features two tracks of melancholic ambience and kicks off a new string of releases for the label in the latter half of 2016. This is a very limited run of 350 copies.