Thursday, August 29, 2013

The ordinary world made radiant

My review of CFCF's Music for Objects ran yesterday at Blurt. There's still a Popmatters interview coming at some point, but for now...


Music For Objects
CFCF
Paper Bag

By JENNIFER KELLY

Working in intricate, pointillist textures primarily piano and electronics, CFCF’s Michael Silver finds emotional resonance in small, contained, repeated patterns. His Music for Objects turns from the large scale landscapes of earlier EPs (The River and, most recently, Exercises) to focus on the quotidian. Inspired by a Wim Wenders documentary on the fashion designer Yoji Yamamoto, Silver looks for the ineffable in the objects that surround us, things we can hold in our hands like keys, bowls and glasses.

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