ELECTRIC MAYA: DREAM FLOTSAM & ASTRAL HINTERLANDS

First in a series of three records of library music miniatures from composer and multi-instrumentalist Daniel OAESullivan ('thenor, Ulver, This is Not This Heat, etc). For heads, the term "library music" in 2020 might evoke dodgy Italian gray market LPs and crate diggers hunting for "funky breaks"ubut LondonAEs venerable KPM Music is working with groundbreakers like OAESullivan to open up new avenues for composers to experiment. Electric Maya includes eighteen gems, beautifully arranged and recorded specifically for the challenge of the short form. These are fully realized tunes, not just clips from the middle of some jam to be used on late night TV. The obvious touchstones here are EnoAEs On Land and Music For Films, but OAESullivcanAEs touch on multiple instruments and knack for melody extend the music far beyond mere atmospherics. There are plenty of drifty segments, each rendered fully realizedua timely reminder that a well-made drone or bit of ambience can set its spell in two or three minutes rather than thirty. In a beautiful jacket designed by OAESullivan and Turner Prize-nominee Mark Titchner.