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Album Reviews
Album Review: Pezzner – The Tracks Are Alive (Freerange Records)
By Paul Vig | Published on Tuesday 4 May 2010
Seattle’s Dave Pezzner has composed music for TV, advertising and games for over fifteen years, only turning his hand to house recently. ‘The Tracks Are Alive’, released by Jimpster’s London-based imprint Freerange, is his debut LP in the genre.
He launches straight in with opener ‘Three Out of Five’, a bouncing house track which toughens slightly as it progresses and sets the tone nicely for what follows. Tracks like ‘Chiuso Per Feri’ toughen up his sound further, with a breakdown on that track which is totally off the pedal, while ‘Balbao Park’ goes a bit more mainstream. The highlight, however, is ‘Dewolfe’, which is just top quality house with a pinch of soul and funk and some well worked synths.
It is not all so good; the techy title track ensures you know that this isn’t pop, but at the same time could do with being a little more accessible. ‘Blacklist’, too, is overly hard, and ‘Almost Here’ opens with tribal textures, but to its detriment overdoses on the sampling. The LP is rounded off by the standard chill out cut, in this case ‘Last Call’, which is nice but not particularly exciting.
It may wander off in a few places, but this is still a pretty good outing; and Pezzner’s work in the sound industry definitely shows as the music on offer is all extremely refined and precise. PV
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