Benbecula Records
Scotland, 1999-2009
Electronica, ambient, electro,
folk, post-rock ... blah
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Calika "The Bright Spot" Benbecula Records, 2006 (BEN518) CD Album Minerals Series - Limited Release date: 15 May 2006 Tracklisting 01 Enriched by Sea Minerals  02 It's a Cosy World 03 Sometimes I Feel Like I'm not Quite Here 04 You Little Brute 05 Max and Louie 06 Four Dummies (Live Version) 07 The Bright Spot 08 Of Places with 6 Floors 09 Salt Mists (Edit) BUY THIS RELEASE Simon Kealoha has been making music for approximately 10 years, starting out from a love of hip hop and jazz, which soon got mixed up with a multitude of other influences such as electro and IDM, following a move to London around 1998. He moved to Brighton in 2000 and it was there that he met Mark Clifford with whom he released "Running Taper" on Polyfusia, after helping out on laptop with some of his Disjecta gigs. After releasing a track on an Audiobulb compilation as Calika, he released his debut album "Small Talk Kills Me". A follow up album is due out on Audiobulb in 2007. Around the time of the Calika album, Simon and Mark were joined by ex-Bordems drummer Eda and the band CEK was born with Simon on bass. The band have two or three EPs to release in 2006. Benbecula Records are proud to release Calika's new album as a Minerals Series. Benbecula and Audiobulb were sent the same Calika demo in 2005 and fortunately for Audiobulb, they picked up Simon's superb music first. We are delighted that Calika's main body of work is in safe and well respected hands. Reviews "Simon Kealoha, who is best known as Calika, takes advantage of Benbecula’s accelerated program with The Bright Spot. The songs on The Bright Spot are a combination of old and new material, but Kealoha’s organization and placement of tracks allows the album to play out as a single piece. The album is one of disassociated genres that are arranged in a manner that forces an amicable relationship. Folk, trip hop, cut and paste, ambient, and drone, all make thin weaves throughout the work. Clusters of notes give way to droning tones, hooky basslines slip into atypical noises, and straightforward guitar dives under manipulated beats. This smooth, but irregular, combination sets-up a pattern which is repeated, one way or another, throughout the entire album. With such a pattern set, Kealoha gives himself a lot of room to lay down songs that would not normally work together. He is able to move from accessible to difficult without ever disrupting the flow of the album." Soundselect |
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