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Caverns of Anti-Matter “Solarised Sound”

Cave of Anti-Matter make music primarily built around vintage and homemade electronic instruments – drum machines, modular synths, sequencers – and while that is quite compelling, it’s notable that Tim Gane’s guitar is often the most captivating element of their compositions. That’s certainly the case for “Solarised Sound,” a track in which nearly three minutes of expertly crafted syncopated beats and synth parts herald the arrival of a glorious guitar hook that becomes the center of the piece from there on out. I’m a big Stereolab fan going way back, and I would rate this among the very best musical motifs and overall compositions of Gane’s career. Like a lot of his all-time best songs, there’s something about the structure of the piece that sounds literally urban to me, like an entire sprawling city rendered in music.

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