A Model Life, by Sone Institute

A Model Life

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1.	Witchcraft and Pornography 03:08	buy track
2.	M'Ling 03:08	buy track
3.	The World is a Confusion 03:29	buy track
4.	Frozen Leaves - Falling from Trees 03:36	buy track
5.	Back at Yesterday 03:57	buy track
6.	Little Walsingham 02:33	buy track
7.	Struck by a Rock 05:21	buy track
8.	A Model Life 05:31	buy track
9.	Amoral Life 04:50	buy track
10.	Scuppered Flow 03:49	buy track
11.	Cars and Rain 02:31	buy track
12.	Brittlestar 05:24	buy track
13.	Tradition and Dream 03:37	buy track
14.	Fear and Happiness 02:22	buy track

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A Model Life is Sone Institutes second album on Front & Follow. Released 2012. Featuring an array of supporting musicians who add a rich woven tapestry of textures, the album blurs the lines between 'real' and electronic instrumentation. Like a model village that has been magically brought to life; perceptions become oddly skewed. Beautiful strings, brass and woodwinds reside along with sparks of nostalgia, lost youth and a dark undertow streaking through its fourteen tracks.

"An intriguing and beguiling album, you could try it in the background at dinner parties but it would quickly muscle its way forward and disturb the entrées. Which is a sign of quality in itself. Another tiny triumph for the Manchester “cottage” label, Front & Follow, which is a seemingly bottomless treasure trove." Underground of Happiness

"Such attention to detail is admirable, yet it makes much of A Model Life an uneasy listen: while some tracks cleverly emulate the pent-up energy and sense of awaiting a purpose that infuses the best library music, others are jittery and unfocused, undermining the smoothness of the details with abrupt cuts and time changes. The latter part of the album leaves more space for the songs to breathe: guest vocalists Gemma Tortella and Dale Grundle lend “Struck By A Rock” a refreshing sense of languid contentment; the bass flute and ambient sounds on “Cars And Rain” summon up some of mid-70s Eno’s freefloating ennui, while the title track touches upon the clockwork utopianism of Penguin Cafe Orchestra but thankfully avoids the temptation to turn it into holding music". The Wire

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released July 2, 2012

Roman Bezdyk: Electronics, Keyboards, Sampling, Guitars, Voice, Words and Percussion.
Oscar Lisshagen: Bass, Drums and Banjo
Nick Rundall: Guitar, Additional Production
Nils Frahm: Piano
Gemma Tortella: Voice
Dale Grundle: Voice
Ben Eshmade: Trumpet, French Horn
Tony Hawkins: Trumpet
Alex Beamont: Cello
Katie English: Flute
Charles Webber: Korg MS20, Signal Generator
Alan Outram: Bass
Phil Outram: Drums
Andrew Moore: Guitar

Composed, recorded, arranged and produced by Roman Bezdyk

Mastered: Nick Rundall
Photography: Nick Cobb

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Sone Institute Folkestone, UK

Sone institute - the surreal & fantastical world of electronic artist Roman Bezdyk. A place where dada collides with pop via the broken circuitry of (un) easy listening vinyl and into the outer realms of sonic mystery.and adventure.

Championed by BBC 6 Music and The Wire magazine, his music has been released on the Manchester Front & Follow label since 2010.
Now on Mystery Bridge Records. ... more

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