In Finite

In Finite

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Dan Berridge is one of our generation's finest leftfield musical talents.

Product Description
Dan Berridge releases In Finite, the third album from his critically acclaimed Broadway Project on Grand Central Records.

An all-out composer, Berridge has scored numerous award winning short films and completed commissions for Channel 4 and the BBC. Inspired by the love of avant-garde jazz, hip hop breaks and the cinema aesthetic, the Broadway Project sound is naturally epic. Its soul penetrating grooves are gripped by a deep emotional charge and indeed, the project did initially only take form as something of a creative outlet for Dan's recovery from ME/chronic fatigue syndrome.

A blessing in disguise perhaps, as within two years Broadway Project had numerous EPs out on London's Memphis Industries label, followed by two albums: Compassion and The Vessel.

Fulfilling his ultimate aim of translating Broadway Project into a stage performance, Berridge retains the grand scale of his work while delivering a contemporary and unique performance: beats and piano led, with the free jazz aesthetic interwoven throughout. One man and his laptop, this is not. Accompaniment includes some of the UK's best young jazz musicians, such as Perrier Award winning Matthew Bourne on piano and Riaan Vosloo on double bass, both of whom have taken time out from their own electric jazz outfit, the Electric Dr M, to play on ‘In Finite'.

Taking the heavy crack of cutting edge hip-hop production techniques, he whips his earthy jazz and classical influences into an emotionally compelling frenzy. Ethereal melancholic sounds will seep into your blood, grab your inner core and pin you down whilst simultaneously evoking an overwhelming feeling of breaking free and escaping. Obsessive, emotive and clever - this is a labour of love like no other.

Prepare to be blown away.

In Finite

Tracks:

K
I, Partisan
Blood In The Temple
Coutance/Magic Mirrors
A Japanese Garden
Raga 5
Ancient Voices
Solar, Lunar
Debouch
Screwtape's Mistake
The World
Message From The East
The 3rd Stream

Album Description

Dan Berridge releases In Finite, the third album from his critically acclaimed Broadway Project on Grand Central Records.

A blessing in disguise perhaps, as within two years Broadway Project had numerous EPs out on London's Memphis Industries label, followed by two albums: Compassion and The Vessel.

Prepare to be blown away.

Customer Reviews:

All of what makes music great is in this album.......2007-06-13

Though Dan Berridge is not a hardcore veteran producer, he is quickly becoming one of the most accomplished. As much as there was stylistic improvement from Compassion to The Vessel, so is the improvement from The Vessel to In Finite. Even the most inattentive listener could hear this as Dan himself said, "It's my 3rd album, but at the same time my first. I've found a sound that I've been looking for." Relevant to this continuing evolution is the complete lack of vocals on this album, instead placing focus solely on aural construction. Far less noticeable sampling takes place here as James White returns from Vessel with several new guest musicians to give BP's chamber cinematics a more visceral live atmosphere with less of a static approach to the record pop loops which come standard on almost every Broadway Project track produced. "Raga" basks in Capitol K's "City" territory with that trip-hop filtered guitar reminiscent of the distorted guitar like vocal sample from the peak of Blockhead's "Insomniac Olympics" but the advancing aptitude of Berridge's production and white noise/picture show style obvious and distinct to anyone who hears all three projects is present throughout. He just keeps getting better. Album highlight "Blood In The Temple" may be the darkest and hardest BP song yet matching a hard-hitting DJ Shadow growl beat with his own delicate layering of menacing organic sounds. Simply put, In Finite is more intelligent and better mixed/mastered than BP has ever been.

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