Name: Dip
Brand: L Pierre

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Bonus disc: No

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melo045cd

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Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2007-02-12

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1 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

L Pierre

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Psychedelic

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following the shock announcement of the arab strap split, heres some good news for fans of aidan moffat's side project, l. pierre - there's a new album, 'dip'. lwritten and recorded before the arab strap breakup was finalised, 'dip' explores a quieter, more contemplative side of moffats musical personality. aidan's favourite l. pierre tracks have always been the quiet ones so he wanted to pursue that mood and record something gentle and lovely. he also took a shine to field recording and bought himself a little minidisc recorder, which he took on holiday to record some natural ambience. a giant sideways leap from the critically acclaimed 'hypnogogia' (2002) and 'touchpool' (2004), 'dip' finds moffat eschewing the drum loops and effects that characterised his previous recordings in favour of a more organic, live sound, with a specially assembled group of alan barr (cello), stevie jones (double bass) and allan wylie (trumpet) complementing moffat on drums, keyboards, percussion and harmonium. the result is an album that takes us on a journey through the full range of human emotions, from aches morose, mournful strings to the frantic, jesterly hike. ending as it begins, with the sound of the waves crashing against the shore, there's a sense of oneness to the album, as if it could play forever as a song cycle. this, says moffat, is because 'dip' was conceived as a whole album, rather than a collection of odds and ends.

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