Ammonite-Blueprints Revisted (Ransom Note Records)

 

Title: Blueprints Revisited

Artist: Ammonite

Label: Ransom Note Records

Cat Number: R$N44R

Genre: Diaphanous Spectrum

1: You Don’t Know Me (David Holmes Remix)

2: When You Don’t (Salamanda Remix)

3: Too Close (Midori Hirano Remix)

4: Forgive Me Forget (Franz Kirmann Remix)

5: What If I Knew Me (Dot Never Remix)

6: ARP (Lapalace Remix)

I’ve just seen an ammonite fossil sell for £90 on ‘Antiques Roadshow’, so this piece feels very relevant indeed. And what a package it is. Kicking off with David Holmes’ remix of ‘You Don’t Know Me’, which is a modern folk masterpiece, soaring on a solid percussive foundation. There’s a lot more to it than that, but mere words don;t do it justice. Just be assured that it’s an uplifting, anthemic, hands-in-the-air masterpiece. ‘When You Don’t (Salamanda Remix)’ is a subaquatic downtempo symphony with far eastern flourishes. ‘Too Close (Midori Hirano Remix)’ slows things down and  minimises the beats, highlighting the vocal which seems to come from all directions. ‘Forgive Me Forget (Franz Kirmann Remix)’ is a lost transmission from beyond the stars. The effect is of a short wave radio being tuned into a wall of sound. ‘What If I Knew Me (Dot Never Remix)’ and ‘ARP (Lapalace Remix)’ terminate this collection, the former dabbling in broken beat, the latter ambient; the third law of thermodynamics finally being realised as almost total abstraction brings this package to a close, the overall effect being one of alleviation and bliss split into a multitude of sonic facets.