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To be played loudly and to lose yourself in this world of sound.” The four tracks on offer present a different side to Gordon’s skills, the tracks are stripped of the usual soaring melodies and arpeggios of Warrington-Runcorn, but maintain the oppressive melancholy through tones and textures. “There’s quite substantial use of orchestral sound libraries on this” says Gordon. “I wanted to hear the sound of a bow scraping across a cello or the breath of a choir. 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