JON SHEFFIELD
IT'S BEEN SO LONG SINCE I'VE SEEN THE OCEAN
TOM12 | released: 07/08/2001 | CD
via Anost (Europe) via SCD (USA) Other Music
"After wracking my brain for weeks now trying to think of what Sheffield's work reminds me of, it finally came to me this afternoon: it's most like the music and sounds that the Magnetic Fields put on "Distant Plastic Trees". That electric-yet-friendly sound, loop-driven but not always predictably so. Melancholy but optimistic, Sheffield's sounds and rhythms spring from the acoustic, then shift somewhat, like a spinning top moves laterally across a floor but doesn't stop its circular motion. This approach is a lot like that of Max Tundra or labelmates Sack & Blumm, with a giddy and wry charm that's neither too cute nor too sweet."
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