Melodium - Flacana Flacana (Audio Dregs, 2006)

1		Untitled 1 (3:22)
2		Untitled 2 (2:00)
3		Untitled 3 (2:50)
4		Untitled 4 (2:10)
5		Untitled 5 (3:17)
6		Untitled 6 (2:19)
7		Untitled 7 (2:35)
8		Untitled 8 (3:49)
9		Untitled 9 (0:50)
10		Untitled 10 (2:42)
11		Untitled 11 (2:10)
12		Untitled 12 (2:29)
13		Untitled 13 (2:18)
14		Untitled 14 (1:28)
15		Untitled 15 (1:40)
16		Untitled 16 (2:59)
17		Untitled 17 (1:45)

Melodium is one man band Laurent Girard whose music seems to draw influence from all things folktronica. The closest points of reference for Flacana Flacana would be Tunng, once stripped of vocals or even Hausmeister, but there are hints at more ambitious composition on the untitled thirteenth track, which sounds uncannily like a lo-fi bedroom production of a Max Richter piece. There’s undoubtedly a charm and intimacy to the seventeen pieces collected here, and the fact that they have such short running times only adds to the variety and overall quirkiness of the album. While the tone of Flacana Flacana certainly fits in with the amiable electronic warmth of the Audio Dregs label, there’s something more distinctly song-like about these homely vignettes that makes it well worth an hour or two of your time. Charming.

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