Agoo Rec.
Luc : Peaofthesea (US,2005)****
Before Luke Wayland formed his band Au, his musical project was called Luc. This release seems to have been overlooked a bit and that’s a shame. It sounds pretty much like a laptopfolk project, a professionally recorded kitchen inspiration, although all you hear is entirely acoustic with no extra effects whatsoever, the cleverness of combining sounds is remarkable. Mandoline(?) or banjo (?) and a bit electric and mostly acoustic guitar pickings, accordion, stick ticking on tables or on the guitar body, hand clap rhythms, real percussion (and a bit of piano) is combined with song or dual modern hippie singing, finding noises with its mouth and textures. The moods are diverse, and rhythms building up. A few times sound creation, melody and rhythm are combined and built up in such a way they seems to create a tuning in a harmonic hypnotic hummed happy drone, complete clarity in sound expression is always there. The ideas are so spontaneous and real in it’s a creative research the enjoyment touches the edge of humour seriously. Very nice.
