Description:
Nightports & Matthew Bourne – Dulcitone 1804 (2024)
Review:
Nightports' second collaboration with Matthew Bourne was created using a rare Victorian keyboard instrument called a Dulcitone -- in particular, the instrument numbered 1804. While it looks like a standard keyboard, albeit much lighter and more portable than a piano, it produces a clear, bell-like tone. As with their other releases, Nightports take the raw recordings of the instrument and add treatments, freeing the already mysterious sound from its box and giving it even more of an otherworldly quality. The spontaneity of these pieces can be likened to prepared piano improvisations, but this sounds far more delicate, spacious, and full of life. The twirling melodies of tracks like "Unveil" bring to mind images of tiny figurines coming to life and doing elaborate ballet routines. Nightports add foggy ambiance to most of the pieces, but they let Bourne's playing shine instead of obscuring it. Most of the pieces are around two or three minutes long, and many of them are similar enough that they tend to blur together in the mind, so it's best to approach the album as a continuous half-hour dream. The most successful Nightports release to date, Dulcitone 1804 creates a haunting yet enchanting atmosphere bearing an easy resemblance to little else. — by Paul Simpson at allmusic
Track List:
01 - Measurement
02 - Machell
03 - Unveil
04 - Wolf
05 - Plads
06 - Faele
07 - Apricity
08 - Linearity
09 - Fux
10 - Fork
11 - Traction
Media Report:
Genre: ambient
Origin: Leeds, UK 
Format: FLAC
Format/Info: Free Lossless Audio Codec
Bit rate mode: Variable
Channel(s): 2 channels
Sampling rate: 44.1 KHz
Bit depth: 16 bits
Compression mode: Lossless
Writing library: libFLAC 1.2.1 (UTC 2007-09-17)
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