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| WEST041 |
ET RET - Gasworks
Rather than embracing cacophony and cold aesthetics, Et Ret's compositions achieve warmth and resonance through repetition. He compliments his confident, but restrained, guitar melodies with deeply impassioned swirls of violins and cellos. As a final touch, the compositions are accented with sparse percussion and subtle analog electronics. The album opens with a simple pulsing organ repeating a series of cords. Seconds later a wall of violins begins to build, swirling around with a perfect eastern dissonance. This sets the stage for "The Need For Work", a slowly developing track, ultimately leading to a chaotic soundscape of loops cellos and guitars masterfully sewn together. "Apokalyptein" marks the album's clear transition. At this point, the album takes an emotional turn, becoming more placid, the compositions more sweetly melodic. The final track is possibly the finest example of Et Ret's talents. Using layers and layers of violins and cellos Et Ret creates a swooning and seductive tension. This final track captures the overall tone of the record; it feels like morning, like things are changing and scary, and it's good. R.I.Y.L. Dirty Three, Popul Vuh, Godspeed You Black Emperor, Explosions in the Sky. | PRESS QUOTES | "I was really impressed that you were on the best of Spinning on Air list with my favorite musician in the world, Juana Molina. There was a part of that session where I thought I was either going to sneeze or have an orgasm." – Fanmail “One big ode to peace and joy, work and living. It's all there.” – Foxy Digitalis “The missing link between the one-man-band indie simplicity of the Durutti Coloumn's early albums and the slow-building post-rock grandeur of the likes of Godspeed You Black Emperor!, Et Ret's Gasworks is an endlessly fascinating album."- All Music Guide “Et Ret execute their drone with such modesty and gentle tweaking that Gasworks sneaks up on you and then vanishes quickly enough to retain its mystique, leaving you wanting more.” – Urban Pollution "it never peaks in a way that one might expect, but weaves a spell by sucking you in with hypnotic melodies and tugging you along gently from there" - Almost Cool |
