UN CADDIE RENVERSE DANS L'HERBE HAS HAD VARIOUS RELEASES REVIEWED IN VITAL WEEKLY, SOME OF WHICH ARE ON (...) DIDAC P. LAGARRIGA FROM SAO PAULO AND NOW IN BARCELONA. SIX PIECES OF PROCESSED AFRICAN INSTRUMENTS SUCH AS MBIRA, KALIMBA, BALAPHON BUT ALSO MELODICA AND CHIMES. ALL OF THIS IS THROWN IN THE MIGHTY BLENDER CALLED LAPTOP AND SPICED WITH SOFTWARE, UN CADDIE PRESENTS A PLEASENT, QUIET, MEDITATIVE WORK. FOR THOSE WHO EXPECT LAPTOP CRACKLES WHEN THEY HEAR THE EVEN SENSE THE VERY PRESENCE OF LAPTOP, THIS SHOULD BE A REAL GENTLE SURPRISE TO HEAR. THE INSTRUMENTS ARE EASILY TO BE RECOGNIZED - ONE MAY WONDER IN SOME CASES WETHER OR NOT UN CADDIE JUST OFFERS A BUNCH OF LOOPS. WOULD THAT CAUSE A PROBLEM? NOT FOR ME. A PIECE LIKE 'TO DECONSTRUCT ANY DREAM' IS JUST VERY NICE. SENTIMENTAL AND SWEET, WITH A TOUCH OF PASCAL COMELADE. THE LAPTOP DOODLINGS ON THIS RELEASE SEEM VERY FAR AWAY, AT LEAST IN THE FIRST FIVE PIECES ('THAT'S IF YOU WANT IT. LOCKED ANYMORE' IS A BIT OF AN ODDBALL) - AND THAT MIGHT BE A RELIEF TO SOME OF YOU.
FRANS DE WAARD / VITAL WEEKLY

THE DEBUT RELEASE FOR THE HAMBURG-BASED DEKORDER LABEL IS A 6-TRACK EP FROM DÍDAC P. LAGARRIGA, AKA UN CADDIE RENVERSÉ DANS L'HERBE, WHO HAS HAD A HANDFUL OF RECENT RELEASES ON THE OOZE.BÂP LABEL. HIS LATEST, TITLED NOW THERE'S A WEIRD TASTE IN MY MOUTH, COULD BE SEEN AS AN EXTENSION OF WHAT WE HEARD ON HIS LAST LP, SOME NENU SONGS, BUT I WOULD ARGUE HE TAKES A DIFFERENT APPROACH THIS TIME, ALTHOUGH HE'S STILL USING A SIMILAR COMBINATION OF COMPUTER GEAR WITH DIVERSE INSTRUMENTATION (BALAPHON, MBIRA, KALIMBA, CHIMES, CELLO, GUITAR). THESE SIX SONGS SHOW A MORE FOCUSED APPROACH TO THEIR COMPOSITION, FEATURING SOME BEAUTIFUL ARRANGEMENTS, A STRIKING MIX OF ACOUSTIC AND ELECTRONIC SOUNDS (RESONATING CHIMES COUPLED WITH A PIANO LOOP, A SKIPPING DIGITAL SAMPLE AND A SLOW, MINIMAL MELODY ON MBIRA). THE MUSIC IS QUIET AND SUBTLE, WITH MINIMAL MELODIES AND SIMPLE RHYTHMS JUXTAPOSING A WEALTH OF DIFFERENT SOUND ELEMENTS HIDDEN IN THE FOLDS. AN EXCELLENT NEW RELEASE, AND ONE OF HIS FINEST ACHIEVEMENTS SO FAR.
RICHARD DI SANTO / INCURSION

THIS INTRIGUING AND DISARMINGLY NAÏVE (NOT IN THE PEJORATIVE SENSE OF THE WORD) LITTLE THREE INCHER PRESENTS THE WORK OF BARCELONA-BASED DIDAC LAGARRIDA, ORIGINALLY FROM SAO PAULO IN BRAZIL. ITS SIX TRACKS FEATURE A VARIETY OF INSTRUMENTS FROM THUMB PIANOS AND BALAPHONES TO CELLO AND GUITAR, AND POSSESS THAT HOMEMADE EXPERIMENTAL QUALITY THAT MADE LANDMARK ALBUMS SUCH AS STEVE BERESFORD'S "BATH OF SURPRISE" SO ENDEARING; NONE OF THE PIECES REALLY ADDS UP TO MUCH, NOR SEEMS TO WANT TO - EACH GOES ON ITS WAY WITHOUT APPARENT NEED TO ARRIVE ANYWHERE. SATIESQUE PIANO SAMPLES ARE OVERLAID WITH TINY BALAPHONE PINGS AND MELODICA TOOTS - MINIMAL, IF YOU LIKE, BUT NOT SO MUCH STEVE REICH AS JOHN WHITE. IF YOU USED TO ENJOY THE PENGUIN CAFÉ ORCHESTRA THIS'LL SUIT YOU JUST FINE.
DAN WARBURTON / PARISTRANSATLANTIC

SECHS NEUE TRACKS VON DÍDAC P. LAGARRIGA AUS BARCELONA UND STANTE PEDE BIN ICH WIEDER DIESEM KLANG VERFALLEN, DER EINEN MIT DER WELT IN EINKLANG ZU BRINGEN VERMAG. GANZ SO, WIE DAS IN FRÜHER KINDHEIT VIELEICHT DIE TOLLE SPIELUHR AM FENSTER GEKONNT HAT. WIE DIESE ARBEITET AUCH LAGARRIGA MIT DEM MITTEL DER WIEDERHOLUNG, NUR DASS DIE VON IHM VERWENDETEN MELODIEN INSTRUMENTEN WIE BALAPHON, MBIRA, KALIMBA ODER EINER MELODICA ENTSTAMMEN UND SEHR ELABORIERT ZUEINANDER IN BEZIEHUNG TRETEN. NACHDRÜCKLICH ENTSPANNENDE TRACKS, DIE EINEN NACH DEN 20 MINUTEN DIESER 3"-CD SO AUFGERÄUMT ZURÜCKLASSEN, WIE DAS SONST NUR EINE THAI-MASSAGE HINBEKOMMT.
PP / DE:BUG

EINE MINI-CD MEINES LIEBLINGSSPANIERS, DER HIER DIE HIBBELIGKEIT SEINES LETZTEN ALBUM GEGEN RUHIGES FLIESSEN EINTAUSCHT UND MICH EINMAL MEHR MIT SEINEN SELTSAMEN PERCUSSION-SOUNDS VERZÜCKT. 20 MINUTEN KURZES ABSINKEN IN EINEN TRAUMREICHEN HALBSCHLAF - IN FORM EINER CD. MACHT IMMER WIEDER SPASS!
TBL / YOT

LA MARCHE S'OUVRE AVEC UN CADDIE RENVERSÉ DANS L'HERBE, QUE L'ON AVAIT QUITTÉ L'AN PASSÉ SUR UN EXCELLENT SOME MENU SONGS, PARU CHEZ OOZE.BÂP. EN SIX TITRES (LE FORMAT 3" NE PERMET GUÈRE DE DÉPASSER LES VINGT MINUTES), LE BARCELONAIS DIDAC P. LAGARRIGA DONNE DANS DES DIRECTIONS ALLANT DE LA SYMPHONIE DE BLEEPS DOUCEREUSE À (CHIMEOLOGIES) À UNE ELECTRONICA TROUBLE OÙ LES XYLOPHONES RÉPONDENT AUX PIANOS, DONT LES NOTES LOURDENT ANNONCENT L'ORAGE. MINIMALEMENT ORCHESTRÉ, À L'INSTAR DE SON PRÉDÉCESSEUR, NOW THERE'S A WEIRD TASTE IN MY MOUTH EST UN SUBLIME PETIT DISQUE QU'ON RANGERA ENTRE CELUI DE KAZUMASA HASHIMOTO ET CEUX DE TAKAGI MASAKATSU.
STÉPHANE / AUTRES DIRECTIONS