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CMU Approved
Approved: Ranger3 – Pendulum
By Andy Malt | Published on Thursday 17 June 2010
Ranger3 have an interesting make up. On one side there’s Irish folk musician Ronan Burke, on the other neo-classical composer Jim Perkins. The result is a sound that pulls in two very different directions but, rather than causing it all to fall apart, this acts to balance it perfectly, creating something beautifully unique. Burke’s often fragile vocals and penchant for unusual instruments are drawn into Perkins’ incredibly intricate production style.
A perfect example of this is ‘Pendulum’, from the duo’s debut album ‘Old Simplicity’. The track, released as a single next week, clearly started life as a simple folk song but now has been pulled apart and reassembled to create something altogether more interesting, while still retaining a certain heart-stopping simplicity from its earlier version. The track, and new b-side ‘Plans’, can be streamed and downloaded from SoundCloud now.
http://soundcloud.com/bigoandtwigetti/pendulum
