Lost Idol

Stepping out from the background once again, James Dean, man behind the record label Cookshop Records, is set to release his new album Brave The Elements under his alter ego Lost Idol this February.

Moving away from his quirky and sometimes psychedelic musings of days gone by, Lost Idol has developed his sound to achieve a more direct approach to his music. With the ability to throw you from crashing beats and uplifting melodies, to an abyss of dronings and bleak soundscapes it is what the fifth element would have created if she made an IDM record. It is Portishead, Aphex Twin, Thom Yorke, Murcof and Apparat all rolled in to one and the result is quite beautiful.

Having not released a full-length record since 2006’s critically acclaimed “Utterings From A Cluttered Mind”, Lost Idol has created something you can really get immersed in. “The long break wasn’t intentional, but occurred through a desire to develop new ideas and sounds for this record rather than regurgitate what has come before. ..I made a conscious decision to step away from the vocal-led ‘songs’ that I’d tried on the previous album and instead explore a more instrumental sound that leans heavier on the electronic side of things.”

The beauty of Lost Idol’s music is, however layered with electronics it may be, its underlying organic temperament and the answer lies in the inspiration. “The weather had a lot of influence over the music. ‘My Drone Stirs In Summertime’ for example was written on a stiflingly hot summer’s day; everyone was outside while I was sat sweating in my studio tinkering with an ominous drone sound, letting it filter out gently across people’s gardens, like the distant background hum of a lawnmower. If you listen closely you can hear my fan whirring in the background just to add a dash of realness to it all.”
 
Brave The Elements is out on the 22 February on Cookshop.
 
www.cookshopmusic.co.uk
 
By Thom Rogers
 
 

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