Space Between The Words

Description

Dan Le Sac releases his debut solo album Space Between The Words on Sunday Best. Written, produced and with vocals from Dan himself, the album features collaborations with Emmy The Great, Merz, Sarah Williams White, B. Dolan, Joshua Idehen and Pete Hefferan.

Taking a step sideways from the percussive atmospherics that were the backdrop to Scroobius Pips words on their Top 40 albums Angles (2008) and The Logic Of Chance (2010), Dan embraces everything from electro-pop to psychedelia, all accompanied by an impressive array of vocal talent.

Along the way he lets the spotlight fall on some wonderful, fresh new vocalists, as well as working with one of his musical heroes, the cult electronic folk singer Merz, who appears on the albums opening number, a pulsing house-pop gem, Long Night Of Life and the lush melodic song Zephyr that seems to have escaped from the late 1960s via Le Sacs electronica time machine.

Dan hasnt veered completely away from rap and spoken word as the groovy, chatted Tuning shows, a collaboration with longterm peer and poet Joshua Idehen.

There are also two songs featuring rising mic master B. Dolan, the bass-punching party tune Good Time Gang War and the crafty, crunk-tinted smasher, Caretaker.

An established name who contributes her unique voice to Space Between The Words is Emmy The Great. Memorial is a delightful surprise, it has a touch of Shirley Bassey Bond theme about it, albeit filtered through clubbier beats.

Elsewhere Dan showcases hot rising singers Sarah Williams White and Pete Hefferan, formerly of Pete & The Pirates, who sings on one of the albums two covers, a deliciously doleful, piano-tinted take on Arab Straps Cherubs, a tune Dan had wanted to record for years.

Dan Le Sacs reputation for vibrant good times at festivals and club nights is unarguable, but hes also proved with Space Between The Words that hes a musical force to be reckoned with, creating a smart, zingy debut shot that will appeal to fans of indie, dance, hip hop, electronica and much else besides. One to file alongside Metronomy, Hot Chip and Field Music as a sharply individual snapshot of modern pops endless possibilities.