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01. Sam Prekop - The Sparrow
02. Sam Prekop - Every Night
03. Sam Prekop - Step and Stair
04. Sam Prekop - Fall is Farewell
05. Sam Prekop - Palm
ARTIST
TITLE
The Sparrow
FORMAT
LP

LABEL
CATALOG #
TAL 027LP TAL 027LP
GENRE
RELEASE DATE
10/7/2022

Limited restock. LP version. Includes printed inner sleeve; includes download code; edition of 700. "'Is it too Sam Prekop?', Sam Prekop asked me in an email conversation in which he delivered his wonderful illustrations which would become the front cover artwork. No, it is not too Sam Prekop at all. His drawings as well as the freeform music on this album are subtly different from anything else he has produced in his solo career. Regardless of the style he is working in, Sam Prekop's music is always imbued with a sense of wide-eyed discovery and unpredictable exploration. On The Sparrow, Sam Prekop expands his electronic cosmos with a remarkable expression of timeless simplicity and coherent execution. It's deceptively simple music that feels accessible without abandoning the experimental legacy of the modular hardware system which serves, besides a polyphonic Prophet 5 synthesizer, as the center piece of this production. The side long title track 'The Sparrow' opens this album with unpredictable synth dissonances and broken step sequenced patterns. 'Palm' brings the set to a close with its irregular fragility while 'Fall is Farewell' is built around a yearning brassy fanfare which resembles the noir romance theme of Michael Smalls soundtrack for the 1971 film Klute. The sparkling essence of 'Step and Stair' seems a suitable space for unforgotten summer holidays of our childhood. On his first solo release for Düsseldorf's label TAL, electronic experimentalist Sam Prekop offers his most captivating yet stripped-down modular music. All compositions on The Sparrow were gradually developed piece by piece. Best known for his jazz-leaning tropicalismo with The Sea And Cake, a key part of the Chicago scene with the likes of Tortoise or Chicago Underground Duo, he has in recent years established himself as a modular synthesist, building his instrument meticulously to create a unique system that allows him to create highly individual music through mechanical patterns, repetitions and chance. In this context his widely acclaimed community forming public tutorials on fb should be noted as well. The Sparrow is an exciting new chapter in his development as a constant creative influence." --Stefan Schneider, Düsseldorf August 2022