Description
Surface to Air, sub-titled Selected works: 2005-2009, is a compilation album by the American ambient project Mayfairgrin (Andrew Farris), independently released in March 2012. This album of selected works functions as a sort of “best of” introduction as well as offering alternative mixes of several previously released tracks.
Andrew Farris provides synth, guitar, programming, remixing, etc.
Andrew Latham has been making electronic music as mayfairgrin for a number of years. While the styles vary from one recorded project to another, the quality is consistent. One might hear ambient, industrial, experimental noise, or, as in the case of Surface, all of the above. As the subtitle suggests, Surface to Air is a collection of previous Mayfairgrin tunes, this time re-mixed and re-worked – and with pleasing results.
Complete with obscure movie speeches, worldbeat samples, and the occasional inclusion of all out weirdness, the sounds Latham creates would be deemed electronica, yet this isn’t really dance music. Yes, there are danceable beats, but they’re generally over-laid with ambient soundscapes. In fact, at times this is similar to yesterday’s acts like Ambient Theology or Bubblebaby Experience. Still, the material on this collection is much further out there. In a good way, of course. It’s the sort of music you’d want to put on while you relax in a very long, very hot bath. [Loyd Harp, HM, May 2013 (Issue No. 166)]
Album tracklist:
01. Dear Gosling (Machine Man Mix) – 10:00
02. American Tabla (Original Mix) – 5:00
03. Black Mountain Machine (Micro Edit) – 8:00
04. Empyrean Eight (Dark Zen Edit) – 6:42
05. Grafted (Grief and Regards Mix) – 5:41
06. Delicate (Locust Mix) – 8:19
07. Signaldrift (Dronetheory Edit) – 9:00
08. The Azulenic Cycle (Insideout Edit) – 6:00
09. We Are Made of Stardust (Free) – 6:12
10. Machine Men With Machine Hearts – 8:48
Note: Available at Bandcamp: https://mayfairgrin.bandcamp.com/album/surface-to-air
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