Happy Robots
Roman Angelos - Music For Underwater Supermarkets
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From
the
sonic
invocation
of
“Foghorns"
through
to
the
finale,
"The
Underwater
Supermarket”,
the
new
album
from
Roman
Angelos
paints
a
sonic
dreamscape
where
the
mundane
act
of
grocery
shopping
meets
the
future.
“Music
for
Underwater
Supermarkets”
continues
and
extends
Roman's
obsession
with
the
library
and
soundtrack
music
of
the
past.
This
time,
he
fuses
that
aesthetic
with
childhood
memories
of
being
pushed
around
in
shopping
carts
and
visiting
strip
malls.
Vibraphones
chime
alongside
woodwinds
and
vintage
synthesizers,
creating
an
immersive
sound
that
feels
exotic
and
smooth.
Lead
track
“Swimming
Through
The
Aisles”
is
a
snaking
composition
in
7/4
that
propels
the
listener
through
water
like
a
diver
looking
for
signs
of
life
in
the
deep.
A
dark
combination
of
“Kind
of
Blue”
and
50s
exotica,
this
mysterious
tune
is
reminiscent
of
modular
jazz
with
some
wriggling
synths
sprinkled
on
top.
The
finale
of
the
record,
“The
Underwater
Supermarket”
combines
pulsating
ambient
synth
pads
with
Bossa
Nova
beats
and
wistful
melodies.
Designed
to
put
a
smile
on
your
face,
the
track
evokes
childhood
memories
of
supermarket
trips
tingled
with
a
certain
murkiness
that
keep
those
recollections
just
out
of
reach.
In
addition
to
the
longer
tracks,
Music
For
Underwater
Supermarkets
also
contains
a
number
of
short
ambient
pieces
that
serve
as
connective
music
between
feature
songs.
One
such
song,
‘The
Aimless
Aquanaut,’
with
its
bubbling
arpeggiated
synths,
sitting
sonically
somewhere
between
the
scores
of
Stranger
Things
and
Blade
Runner,
pushes
the
listener
into
an
aquatic
meditation.
Roman
Angelos
is
the
project
of
Brooklyn
producer
Rich
Bennett;
it
was
developed
as
a
vehicle
for
Rich
to
explore
his
obsession
with
library
recordings
of
the
60's
and
70s,
muzak
and
exotica.
Beyond
the
world
of
library
electronica,
Rich
has
been
involved
in
a
diverse
group
of
musical
projects,
including
the
newly
reunited
outsider/60s
proto-punk
group
The
Shaggs,
dream-pop
band
Mahogany,
and
Brazilian
funk
group
Limoncello.2020’s
debut
for
Happy
Robots
‘Spacetronic
Lunchbox’
was
a
burst
of
sonic
nostalgia
that
boasted
11
songs
in
10
minutes.
It
gained
praise
from
Freq,
The
Electricity
Club
and
The
Haunted
Generation,
in
the
printed
magazines
Electronic
Sound
and
Shindig!
and
received
radio
play
from
Bob
Fisher
(BBC
Tees)
and
BBC6
Music
from
Cerys
Matthews
and
Stuart
Maconie’s
Freak
Zone.
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