- When
- Jul 2008
This is a release on Type Records, the label I co-founded with John Xela. John was responsible for its musical output; I contributed in the first few years on design and running the label. The catalogue is archived here for posterity.
Boomkat, which stocked the label, still lists this record, filed under Modern Classical / Ambient.
'The Malady of Elegance' is the second poetic full-length from Boston-based composer Keith Kenniff, better known to some as Helios. Taking cues from 'Corduroy Road' Keith again restricts himself to the piano in conjuring up his humble soundscapes and again we are pulled into a deep, meditative and filmic world as the notes glide to a slow, pensive meter. There are lines to be drawn to folk music, and there is still the sense that the ghosts of old America haunt the keys. Fans of Erik Satie, Sylvain Chauveau and Hauschka need look no further.
Made at Type.
Earlier in the catalogue: Grouper — Dragging A Dead Deer Up A Hill TYPE038. Later in the catalogue: The Alps — III TYPE040.