Scott Gilmore - Subtle Vertigo (2017)

There is something wonderfully uplifting and naive about the mittle European B-Movie Pop and Library Music of the 1970's. An imperfect perfection of sound palette and melody, creating & encapsulating a whole world of hypnotic intrigue.

"This feeling is what comes to mind when listening to the debut album of Californian Scott Gilmore, which is reminiscent (in more modern times) of the pre “Moon Safari” Air.

The playful opening of 'E70 No.01' leads us on to the Bowie and Eno-esque shimmerings of 'Europe' and the Gainsbourg hazed moments of 'Flight Through Grey' and 'Subtle Vertigo'. The album closes with 'Walking Underground', a Valley Boy diary of the outsider looking inwards at the bizarrity of everyday life. This is a travelogue of the timeless and gently obscure, a bunch of rarities all in one place, at one time, woven together with an accomplished sense of harmony, counterpoint and vision.

From the river side of the Dordogne, to the Grünewald of Berlin, the white sands of Playa de ses Illetes and the urban sprawl of Van Nuys, this is an alternative sonic reality sent to free the mind and open the heart, as the sun rises high in the sky and the cotton wool heat envelopes us all in it's gilded cage."