Greg Fenton reviews The Light Brigade – Shuffle The Deck – Mystic Arts
Mystic Arts has consistently defined quality alongside musical provocation in each of its three releases to date, and promising to tempt the impossible, David Holmes has co-created two equally vigorous pieces of music for number 003. The title track sequences warm rushes together with swirling synthesisers underpinning acid-like bass arpeggios and strident percussion, securing the temptation of righteous mood amid heavy atmospheres, as Moroder motifs are liberally sprinkled across the fever. The second voice to appear is that of the late Andrew Weatherall, and if you’re a believer, words and sentiment will tug at the heartstrings of loss. This is a deep, elegant listening experience built upon the premise of the nuanced construction of emotional layers that Holmes, along with Two Love Swordsman’s Keith Tenniswood, is so adept at.
This is followed by a most excellent collaboration with Michael Andrews, Only Love Can Save Us, which again sets pulses racing with heavenly delight, uplifting and feeding the soul with exquisite tones that reach out towards the hope of everlasting bliss. At least, that’s how it felt to me.
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