Employment Patterns
Need Thomas Windham
| Available Formats | No. of Tracks | Price | Buy | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Download Album (mp3) | 5 tracks | £5.99 | ||
| Download Album (flac) | 5 tracks | £6.99 | ||
| Download Album (wav) | 5 tracks | £6.99 | ||
| Download individual tracks | N/A | from £0.75 |
Need Thomas Windham - Employment Patterns
The debut solo release by Need Windham, founder of concrete agit-prop duo Presocratics (ex-Table of the Elements). A subtle new tape work constructed solely from the critically hated and rejected parts of Presocratics compositions, employment patterns places itself far from the reserved monochrome of its contemporaries, distinguished, with a sly nod to Morton Feldman, through terse probing of tonal degree and compositional identity. Need Windham's fluid pop sensibility glares through the work's structure; indeed, the piece positively emotes—frustration, joy, shame—a true political and personal agenda emerges in abstract.
Reviews
"[employment patterns] finds its sources in a curious combination of short-wave radio, guitar and piano, the effect being the feeling of someone slowly moving the dial on a vintage radio, finding static here and reception there, but never really settling on anything easily perceptible."
- John Knight, Flagpole Magazine
"It's quite a mysterious piece of work... with a sly elision of tension/release and presence/absence..."
- Nirav Soni, The Squid's Ear
"...minimal sounds and subtle drones... discreet and finely structured."
- Blow Up
Tracklisting
Download Album (AN001DD)
- Need Thomas Windham - Employment Patterns 1
- Need Thomas Windham - Employment Patterns 2
- Need Thomas Windham - Employment Patterns 3
- Need Thomas Windham - Employment Patterns 4
- Need Thomas Windham - Employment Patterns 5
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