Just arrived from Ann Arbor's Ghostly International label - the sky blue limited edition reissue of Telefon Tel Aviv's majestic debut,
Fahrenheit Fair Enough.*
Fahrenheit*was originally issued by Chicago's Hefty Records, and fit smashingly alongside their other downtempo and IDM recordings.*
Ghostly International is home to Tycho, Gold Panda, Com Truise, and other crafters of what*Sundae*Club playfully dubbed*
"Technostalgic*Tunes". And*
Fahrenheit*is no exception. Here, Telefon Tel Aviv expertly*weaves*together sparse melodic fragments and the occasional jazzy licks with intricately complex abstract glitch patterns. What results is a marriage of the warm, nostalgic instrumentation one would expect from a band like Boards of Canada seamlessly fused with the atonal mechanical rhythmic constructions of Richard D. James.*It is a wonderfully satisfying record which*warrants repeated listenings both active and subliminal.*
This limited edition release also includes a digital download which features additional*
Archive '99*material capturing more of the best sounds the artist has to offer.
A review from the BBC called the album,*
"Gorgeous, yet completely devoid of cliché... a quiet, unpretentious beauty of a record."*
Fahrenheit Fair Enough is certainly some of the finest downtempo IDM music released this year.
