Lowman, W.W. / Kumquat May
Album: Kumquat May   Collection:General
Artist:Lowman, W.W.   Added:Nov 2011
Label:Atavistic/Truckstop Audio  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2012-01-16 Pull Date: 2012-03-19
Week Ending: Mar 11
Airplays: 1

Recent Airplay
1. Mar 07, 2012: maximum entropy
Cuts Like A Knife

Album Review
Deniz Cebenoyan
Reviewed 2012-01-11
W. W. Lowman / “Kumquat May” / Atavistic

Almost entirely INSTRUMENTAL, soothing layered synth, rich sounds. Frequent use of synth background + pretty guitar/bass sound + building percussion (often mid tempo) + the occasional soaring horn solo. I know I know, totally formulaic ;) In all seriousness, some really nice rich sounds often leading to daydreaming, no two songs sound alike, all totally playable. Could also double as good background music for mic breaks (keep on low volume though, occasional screechy instrument may come in), especially 1, 2, 7.

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Favorite tracks: 2, 5, 7



1. 5:38 Synthy background, harmonics on bass, trumpets/sax riffing about, slightly discordant, builds with percussion. No real melody, nice ambient background music.
2. *6:18 Buzzy synth background, with nice melodic guitar and garbled ambient vocals. Soothing, nice, maybe what a kaleidoscope would sound like. Horn solo in last third.
3. 3:28 Steady mid-tempo beat, electric guitars, ambient breathy vocals.
4. 4:35 Uptempo, horns, clapping, feels like trying to walk through a tourist filled Times Square at night (bright lights! people! ack!), last minute = calm relief. Last 20 seconds silent.
5. *5:56 Uptempo layered synths, electric guitars, horns, unconventional drumming takes center stage a bit, coupled nicely with basic, albeit rich chords/sounds.
6. 4:55 Slight cacophony of layers of synths/instruments, basic piano hammering similar notes leading, violin on top.
7. 5:12 Moody, vocal “aahs” in background, distorted guitar, slow nice pace.
8. *7:56 Starts with woodwinds, synths in background, get scratchy and swirl to end, big ambient sound. Repetitive, but moody/contemplative. Really nice closer.
Deniz Cebenoyan

Track Listing
1. Bourge   5. Stout Leroy
2. Cuts Like A Knife   6. Ly Roo Kay
3. Cannonais   7. Half To Love
4. Some Song That Is   8. Gnawsh