Wysing Forest review Luke Abbott's unexpectedly moving electronic epics

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The title refers to the rural setting an arts centre outside Cambridge where Norfolk electronic musician Luke Abbott recorded the raw material for his second album. Much of it was drawn from live performance, which might account for a tendency to sprawl. Over 12 minutes long with an eight-minute reprise, the album's centrepiece, Amphis, seems at first undisciplined Abbott goes heavy on the wibbling, warbling effects but (very) gradually it builds into something epic and unexpectedly moving: it could be a pastoral companion-piece to Vangelis's Blade Runner theme. The rest of Wysing Forest rewards patient exploration, but nothing else quite matches Amphis for effect.

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by Killian Fox via Electronic music | The Guardian