Dosh / Pure Trash

Anticon

Nobody makes music like Martin Dosh, who returns equipped with his trademark busted Rhodes piano, tattered- ass drum kit, sampler and assorted effects pedals. Pure Trash follows his Naoise EP. Like last year's acclaimed self-titled debut on anticon, the music on Pure Trash is heavily influenced by the people in his life, including his wife (who did most of the album's art work), his stepson (who appears on the record), and particularly his family's most recent member Naoise, after whom the record's single is named. After compiling lots of tracks and ideas, whittling them down to the bare essentials, he enlisted several friends to contribute pieces here and there, which he then edited to fit the whole. Influenced by both electronic music and hip hop as much as by jazz and rock, the record's pretty piano melodies and dirt-filthy breaks have a contemplative but a stubbornly optimistic outlook in the face of a daunting world. Pure Trash demonstrates not only a range of influences, but also a thorough exploration of melody, rhythm, texture and depth of sound. Dosh's unique set of gear, his totally original approach to his equipment, his almost improvisational style of recording and performing (which for him are essentially one and the same), make him like no other performer or recording artist. Pure Trash is a beautiful welcome to Dosh's newborn son Naoise and an overall tribute to a life worth living, usually.

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