Gardner, Jacco - Hypnophobia CD
SKU
28-POVL298.2
Second, very good release by this Dutch musician who charmed us all with his debut release, Cabinet Of Curiosities, not very long ago.
"Hypnophobia, the brand new album from 'baroque pop' prince and Dutch producer/multi-instrumentalist Jacco Gardner, casts a majestic and vibrant psychedelic spell that will hypnotise listeners at the point dreams and reality meet."
"It’s tempting to categorize Jacco Gardner by the scope of his musical instruments. Hypnophobia features a Wurlitzer electric piano, mellotrons, harpsichords, an obscure, ancient Optigan, an antique Steinway upright — these are relics of a particular nature, hand-selected and played to achieve a baroque pop period piece. Initial single “Find Yourself,” its trippy video, and the title track confirmed the record’s exploration of a retro-psych wonderland. But it’s not all acid trips, and moments of real introspection appear.
Listening to the full album expands Gardner’s scope considerably; there’s “Make Me See,” a quiet, unexpected songwriter number that barely lasts a minute and a half. Or “Grey Lanes,” an almost pastoral, instrumental lullaby that only gets electronic toward the tail-end. On Hypnophobia, Gardner takes psychedelia and twists it to suit his idea of what blissed-out baroque should be. If late-’70s residents of Laurel Canyon re-imagined themselves 40+ years later with an expanse of antique instruments, they probably couldn’t have done a better job than Gardner has of creating their own modern, alternate reality. It’s a heady, hypnotizing look at the past through the always rose-colored glasses of the present. Backward glances rarely sound this good though."-Stereogum.com
- LabelPolyvinyl
- UPC644110029829