{"product_id":"deco-child-skinless","title":"Deco Child - Skinless","description":"\u003cp\u003eHaving tinkered quite brutally with These New Puritans' Attack Music, \nand produced some truly beautiful, electronically affected euphoria in \n2012's \u003cem\u003ePray\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eS\u0026amp;G\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/ninjatune.net\/artist\/deco-child\"\u003eDeco Child\u003c\/a\u003e (aka south Londoner Alex Lloyd) \nis back. He's spent his time since his last EPs developing a new, \nintimate feel to his music. It's a startling turn, one which initially \nstupefies - as all positively charged, emotive music should – though \nonce the astonishment is allowed to settle, what we're left with is \nLloyd's most accomplished collection to date. It's a brand new take on \nelectronic music, embodied into a record that's equal parts grace and \nguile. \n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nOpener \"Skinless Pt 1\" plays off the subtle compositional simplicity of \nNils Frahm's Screws and the gentle dexterity of Sigur Rós, and the \nresult is as plainly cinematic and softly orchestral as the haunting \nminimalism of Ninja Tune label mate \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/ninjatune.net\/artist\/the-cinematic-orchestra\"\u003eJason Swinscoe\u003c\/a\u003e. A ghostly, \npiano-lead intro gives way to a thudding, minimal beat and plunging \nbass, before bowing to a sun-flecked crescendo and a trademark, \nheart-pumping blow-out of euphoric strings, electronics and vocals. \nThere's then \"Heartbeats\" – a silken palpitation fuelled by elegiac \nsoundbites (\"Sometimes my heart starts racing really fast,\") lightly \nplaced upon arresting and languorous keys. The whole thing performed \nwith a nimble ability picked up during the 'Child's upbringings in \nelectronica.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\"Skinless Pt 2\" meanwhile, with its spectral hanging notes and sweeping \ngrandeur, is arguably the EP's doleful chef-d'œuvre, and is decorated \nwith Ben Dodson's wistful vocal. Like an aggrieved groan of a floating \nspectre, transfixed by the teary-eyed waltz of a once beloved seen only \nthrough the fogged globules of a dangling chandelier. As you can tell, \nthis an artist with a vision very much his own. \"The less you change, \nthe harder it becomes,\" the song grieves, before turning agitated; \naggressive, even, around the four-minute mark, as frenzied sirens and \nacerbic breaks invade its innate tranquility. As schizophrenic as it is \nunequivocally stunning, vocally there are glimpses of Antony and \nglimmers of Patrick Watson located within this flittering, seraphic \nthing.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nHaving already garnered plays on Radio 1 and 6Music and cemented himself\n as a favourite of Lauren Laverne's, this is a welcome return for Deco \nChild. This is a release teetering upon the meeting point of the worldly\n and the ethereal, the organic and the electronic, with the techniques \nof each seamlessly intermingled with one another. It's the meeting of \naged learning and a new and optimistic outlook; a meeting that's \nirrefutably inspiring to the ear that decides to lend itself.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ninja Tune","offers":[{"title":"Download (MP3)","offer_id":62903568400543,"sku":"ZENDNLS355","price":4.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Download (WAV)","offer_id":62903568433311,"sku":"ZENDNLS355W","price":4.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0493\/8563\/5999\/files\/skinless-main.jpg?v=1793913226","url":"https:\/\/merch.ninjatune.net\/products\/deco-child-skinless","provider":"Ninja Tune","version":"1.0","type":"link"}