Practical Dreamers, by Giants of Discovery

Practical Dreamers

by Giants of Discovery

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fran3000 Practical Dreamers is a philosophical chill out soundtrack trying to make sense out of a new atomic age where governments of the world no longer trust one another and every citizen dreads the woeful leadership from the people they're supposed to take care of them display. Shades of french electronica, orchestral soundtracks, and symphonic rock coalesce with found dialogue, while GoD create a series of narratives reminding us the line between peace and chaos is quite dangerously blurred. Favorite track: Brighter Than The Sun.

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4 panel digipak with an 8 page booklet containing rare reproduced pages from Practical Dreamers, a short-lived 1950s publication from the USA. Pretty much impossible to find an original copy anywhere now. Curated by Nick Taylor.

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1.	Living In A Monochromatic World 05:31	buy track
2.	Between The Moments 10:03	buy track
3.	Circadian Rhythm 03:12	buy track
4.	Time 02:51	buy track
5.	Hellhole 06:26	buy track
6.	Practical Dreamers 05:23	buy track
7.	All That Shimmers 07:25	buy track
8.	Brighter Than The Sun 05:36	buy track

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This is the second album by Giants of Discovery following the debut album, Out of Time, released in March this year. These 8 new instrumental tracks tread a very different path to the Victorian cosmic horror of its predecessor. Although principally an electronic album, a range of styles and textures can be found across the album reflecting somewhat the differing ages of the tracks. Some of the tracks were inititally conceived around 3 or 4 years ago and then parked, waiting for other projects to be completed.

Late last year the album took shape when new tracks were composed and the older tracks were finished off, in some cases by simply finding the right spoken word sample to give musical direction to the track. The album, although not one particular style or theme musically, is given a sense of cohesion by the vintage spoken word samples used extensively throughout, imbuing a sense of nostalgia albeit with a slightly unnerving twist. I've always been a big fan of music that uses old spoken word samples especially from artists like Bill Nelson who, in the 80s particularly, used this device extensively on some of his albums. I wanted to produce an album where the voice samples were an intrinsic part of the whole, shaping the structure of the track itself and not just an add-on to a completed musical piece.

There is dark humour running throughout this album, as reflected in the very much tongue in cheek booklet that accompanies the CD release, which was expertly designed by the legendary Nick Taylor.

I really enjoyed putting this album together and I'm glad that some of these older tracks will finally get to see the light of day. The next album will be very different again in overall tone but there are hints of it in some of the tracks in this album.

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released June 11, 2020

All music composed and produced by Kevin Downey

Mastered by Matthew Saunders for 808 Hz Mastering

Artwork concept and text by Kevin Downey

Artwork design and layout by Nick Taylor (www.spectral-studio.co.uk)

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Electronic artist. Victorian cosmic horror, Greek mythology and modular soundscapes.

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