ALBUM REVIEW: Memories From A Fading Room
- Posted on June 25, 2007 3:52 PM
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Future Loop Foundation : 'Memories From A Fading Room'
Louisiana Records release 25 June.
Review by Peter Coulston
In contrast, expect something very complicated from this album. It was constructed by Mark Barrott aka Future Loop Foundation using recordings from family interviews in the 1970’s. The electronic and keyboard based music is laid over the spoken parts and, in the beginning, resembles Syd Barrett’s Pink Floyd. The whole piece is made up of thirteen tracks which blend into each other, most of which are around three minutes long. The exceptions are “Sunshine Philosophy” and (1976) which are each seven minutes, and “The Sea and the Sky” which extends to nine minutes. (1976) is, like many of the tracks, a mix of electronic and keys with an ongoing theme that reminds me of raindrops, while the other two long ones build up on a melodic base with strings and percussion. “Sunshine Philosophy” has a fairground feel about it. There is some pedal or lap steel on “In Between Somewhere Beautiful” and we are reminded of TIM the talking telephone clock (if you don’t know what I’m talking about ask your parents) on “Experimentation Begins At Home” as it fades into “This Is Where We Live”, one of my favourite tracks. This is undoubtedly a brilliant piece of work, but one that needs to be listened to in the right environment with a clear head. I will certainly go back to it, but I recommend it only to those with the patience to give it several listens to get the gist of what’s going on. Clever it is, commercial it ain’t.
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