Spinning Pieces

On the heels of last year's celebrated Ceiling Songs debut full length by Portland, Oregon electronic musician Ethan Rose, comes Spinning Pieces -- a collation of nearly five years of small edition art object releases produced for Locust music. The aptly-titled collection chronicles one man's obsession with & magical approach to old mechanical noisemakers both big and little -- from a carillon in California ('Singing Tower'), to the sounds of old player pianos ('The Dot & The Line') in a dusty Portland piano shop to modified music boxes ('The Miniature & Sea'). Ethan's approach and music exudes a deep compositional sense and inviting warmth that often eludes the cold & foreboding genre of electronic music.