Wednesday, April 01, 2009

LMNPO.com/BabySue review

This popped up online recently. I'm very proud.

Justin Ashworth - New Music To Fall Asleep To...(Lullabies by Justin Ashworth) (Independently released CD, Instrumental/experimental)
This album apparently achieves its intended function...because by the second spin we found ourselves feeling as if we were, indeed, slowly drifting off to sleep. And its not because the music is boring or unimaginative...it's because the music is strangely peculiar and calming. Melbourne, Australia's Justin Ashworth records music, writes poetry, and composes music for films, dance works, and visual art installations. New Music To Fall Asleep To...(Lullabies by Justin Ashworth) is something like subdued and hypnotic modern classical music. The songs are not particularly melodic as much as they are accidental and slightly perplexing. The titles say it all: "A Little Breeze," "Like Sunrise," "Taking Photos of Sunsets," "More Specifically, Nothing Happened Today"... Strangely surreal and hushed. Really cool stuff from a different universe... (Rating:5/5)