Collected Recordings

Dickson, Gareth
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General | Jan 2014

Reviews

Adam
Reviewed 2014-01-31
Dreamlike, blissful, entrancing fingerpicked guitar. Overwhelmingly atmospheric and pleasant daydreaming. Nick Drake comparison is too simplistic - Dickson's music is slower, more spacious, and unconscious. Re-release of his first full length (originally on Drifting Falling, now out of print), with the addition of previously unreleased tracks, “Ping Pong” and “Cara.” RIYL: Nick Drake, Burt Jansch, Grouper, Nils Frahm, Peter Broderick. Heavily atmospheric, I'd recommend throwing a few on continuous, but if you want to play the hits, I've noted them below. Many tracks sound similar. Unhurried and gorgeous.

*1. ambient blanket wash and delicate drone. grouper. 5:18
*2. gutting, otherworldly, slow, naked love song. 4:26
3. 2:54
4. collapse into lots of space, pleasant 5:55
5. More "pop" in structure, impressive guitar work. 4:23
*6. Lengthy, exploratory variation on a harmonic mood. 5:04
7. Rhythmic, wordless tides. 3:22
8. 4:04
9. 4:35
*10. harp-like, mesmerizing plucking surge. 6:27
11. Some digital static thrown in. 5:11
12. 4:38
13. 2:41

Recent airplay

If I
Music CasseroleMar 29, 2014
Fifth (The Impossibility Of Death...)
Street HassleMar 23, 2014
Technology
The Sunset LifeMar 20, 2014
Ping Pong
The Sunset LifeMar 13, 2014
Fifth (The Impossibility Of Death...)
The Sunset LifeMar 06, 2014
Technology
Stringless BalloonMar 06, 2014

Charting

2014-01-31 — 2014-04-04
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Mar 9 3
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Track listing

1. Fifth (The Impossibility Of Death...)
2. If I
3. Song, Women And Wine
4. Trip In A Blank
5. Two Trains
6. Harmonics
7. Agoa
8. As You Lie
9. Climbing
10. Technology
11. Like A Clock
12. Ping Pong
13. Corn