J. Walker - Spectra!

Format: LP
Catalogue No.: ELA001 
Barcode: 4251804127530
Release Date: 10 Sep 2021
Genre: Electronic / Library

Spectra! represents a lone, anomaly release by elusive producer and recording artist J. Walker of Perth, Western Australia.

Recorded and produced in 2016, Spectra! comprises a collection of 12 instrumental works composed in response to an imagined brief investigating the refined shades and pigments of colour. Recommended for fans of the Coloursound Library and Joël Vaandroogenbroeck.

Whilst stylistically somewhat comparable to library music recordings from Europe released throughout the 1980’s, Walker’s compositions never step too closely toward facsimile. Instead, they maintain a unique sense of identity, one closer akin to a born-too-late contemporary interpretation of the sentimentality and lost moods that allowed library music it’s point of difference and charm in the first place. Unlike many modern artists who flirt with the past, Walker isn’t concerned with carbon copying the sound palate and tape hiss of yesterday. In these works, antecedent emotional and harmonic bodies are given new life and form by means of modern studio hardware, musical equipment and compositional techniques.

* Tracklist:
01. Acne Dusk (02:40)
02. Resentment Rose (03:45)
03. Salmon (03:31)
04. Burnt Orange (03:32)
05. Amber (2:44)
06. Metallic Spit / Silver Place (4:12)
07. Chalk Apple (3:23)
08. Basted Salami (3:10)
09. Stainless Steel (3.04)
10. Eggplant (02:04)
11. Radiant Orchard (3:34)
12. Crimson (3:14)