There's nothing I like better than some cosy and unashamedly vintage synth and Simon Crocket's Predecimal is one of the best albums of this type that I've heard in a long time.
While these sorts of releases can sometimes focus a little too much on ambience and atmosphere at the expense of composition, Predicimal is perfectly balanced. Crocket's attention to period detail is admirably deployed here, but first and foremost this is a varied and memorable set of melodies. Think of the more concise efforts from the early eighties Tangerine Dream catalogue and you're roughly on the right track.
Opener Half Penny is an early highlight, a theme tune in search of its own pseudoscience documentary, but best of all is the duo of Crown and Thrupence which delightfully reimagine the IPCRESS file as space-age pop.
This is the ninth (!) album in his yellow and black series and if the others are even a patch on this, I've got some good listening ahead of me as I work my way backwards. Hooray!
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