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Album review: Tipper – Broken Soul Jamboree (Tippermusic)

By | Published on Wednesday 2 February 2011

Tipper

With well over a decade of experience, British leftfield electronic producer Dave Tipper has been working on this self-released project for four years, and it’s turned out well – with some exemplary tracks on offer.

The openers set the scene – with ethnic strings galore over some trip hop beats in ‘Big Question’ and then some quirky, dreamier layers in ‘Cuckoo’. After some more conventionally electronic leanings in ‘Neuron Huskie’, things get even more trippy dippy with ‘Tit For Tat’ and ‘Hourglass’.

What are probably the best bits follow, ‘Brocken Spectre’ uses tabla over chilled out deep house keys, ‘Dead Soon’ is some quality ambient and is the highlight, while the well crafted ‘Cinder Cone’ is a foray into more moodier pastures.

There are a couple of weaker numbers – ‘Reality Harshness Defender’ is a bit lack lustre and ‘Royal Dragons’ is too stripped down – but the final track, ‘Ever Decreasing Circles’ more than makes up for it. It uses a hang, a flying saucer shaped percussion instrument which sounds akin to a steel pan drum, but is far more portable. The hang’s melodic beats are backed with a lush uplifting backdrop which leaves you with a distinct warm feeling.

All in all, a decent downtempo album from Tipper. Let’s hope we don’t have to wait as long for a follow-up. PV

Physical release: 14 Feb



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