Piano chords turn into gauzy splotches ('What You Doin'), vocals are stretched out into savant-opera ('Realist Alive'). It's an effect that renders the smallest movements in orchestral grandeur, the aural equivalent of Instagram. Instrumentals is a collection of aching, blown-out paeans to wonder, sadness and profound joy-music that any of the above could fall in love with.Ĭlams' production style is distinct, taking sizable chunks from random source material and flattening them out into sheets of grainy, distorted melody. These might seem like incongruous facts, but one listen to Instrumentals-first released as a free download by the producer himself earlier this year-should put any confusion to rest.
He's also released records on UK imprint Tri Angle, and now with the official release of his first mixtape, John Twells' ambient/experimental institution Type.
