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Equatorial Ultravox

Chad Valley | Format: Audio CD
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  • Audio CD (20 Jun 2011)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Loose Lips
  • ASIN: B004ZF7FRC
  • Other Editions: Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 37,805 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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Listen  4. Acker Bilk 4:01£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen  5. Fast Challenges 5:13£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen  6. I Want Your Love 4:36£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen  7. Shapeless 3:04£0.89  Buy MP3 

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BBC Review

A leading light of Oxford's Blessing Force collective (which also numbers Fixers, Trophy Wife and Solid Gold Dragons in its ranks), it's transatlantic climes you'll be dreaming of when you listen to Chad Valley, the solo project of Hugo Manuel.

With debut EP Equatorial Ultravox, the Jonquil mainman sounds completely immersed in the US blog culture's obsession with all things Animal Collective, RnB and Balearic chill. It's an aesthetic standpoint that works well on the G-funk slow jam Reach Lines, which has the twinkling elegance of a rose-tinted Biggie Smalls reverie, and I Want Your Love, buoyed by an affecting chorus melody even as the synths do that nostalgic button-pushing thing all chillwave spotters will be jadedly familiar with by now.

But elsewhere Manuel sounds a little too earnestly in thrall to his peers to make this stand out. Whatever your take on the chillwave phenomenon - that brand of overexposed, Polaroid pop mining childhood memories kick-started (arguably) by Animal Collective's influential album Merriweather Post Pavilion - it's a conversation that's happened, and Equatorial Ultravox does little to further the debate.

Fast Challenges greets you like a face full of pillow down, but seems content to cruise by on a waft of sub-RnB emoting and an unthinking 4/4 beat. The tropical-scented percussion of Now That I'm Real (How Does It Feel?) fares a little better in the rhythmic stakes, but the melody feels thin and insubstantial as opposed to spectral and evocative. Acker Bilk, meanwhile, does a fair job of recreating the uterine bliss of Person Pitch-era Panda Bear, but it feels like one of those art-class exercises where you're asked to recreate a Picasso or Van Gogh stoke-for-stroke: pointless.

That sounds like a harsh note for a record of undoubted melodic skill and impeccable (if somehow limiting) good taste, but Manuel needs to dig deeper than yesterday's Pitchfork headlines if he's to make a name for himself yet.

--Alex Denney

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5.0 out of 5 stars What a find - if you love the 80s electro synth sound you'll love this 17 Dec 2011
By Jonnym81
Format:Audio CD
I came across this band via a friends recommendation and have since bought the album. It's a very distinctive and unique sound - with 80s electro synth samples and uplifting/ haunting vocals. The whole album is great, but I especially like Shell Suite, Fast Challenges, Now that I'm real (how does it feel) and Shapeless. Everyone I play this album to really likes it - I'm surprised more people don't know about this guy. I've seen him live too and he's very talented - live mixing and voice effects. Definitely worth the investment if you're up for some fresh sounding music with an 80s twist. It's been on my playlist for a few months now and still sounds fresh every time I hear it. Sounds great loud and mellow - the sign of a good album in my book!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Hits the Spot! 30 Dec 2012
By K. Tipton - Published on Amazon.com
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I recently discovered Chad Valley and was pleasantly surprised that his sound combines that of some of my favorite artists (Active Child, M83, and Washed Out). His sound is melodic and ethereal with what I believe are lots of samples from past songs. I love the 80's groove of it all, it's like relieving the 80's again, except way better. His music is sexy!
1 of 5 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars this is a great EP 14 Mar 2012
By Scooby Doo - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Vinyl|Amazon Verified Purchase
seriously, i got this on vinyl because i'm really cool and because this EP is cool. I dunno, i like the thought of having some old indie vinyls laying around that nobody knows about when i grow up.
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