This is a four track Ep released almost ten years ago, I don't expect anyone will mind if I review it for typing practice. Coming off the heels of Music Has The Right To Children; arguably the masterpiece of their catalogue thus far, this Ep exemplifies everything that BoC fans have come to love about the Scottish duo. Simplistic soundscapes with minimal rhythms or non-rhythms, tracks which swell behind slowed beats, always near by are the eerie traits of being lost in some impenetrable forest. Unlike their Warp label counterparts BoC build comparatively straightforward compositions, usually introducing and retiring their various sounds in an orderly and comprehensive fashion. "Amo Bishop Roden" works in this linear vein, the background notes glint with unwavering consistency while twisted organ sounds are applied and beats sprout up every few bars then rearrange themselves. Overall I find that as with most of their better efforts (Music Has The Right.. and Geogaardi), BoC provide a more focused approach to the IDM genre on this Ep. More fulfilling than R.D. James' post-Aphex Acid/house work and less accosting than artists like Venetian Snares. See the Trans Canada Highway Ep for contemporary update of their sound.
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