Album Info

Keep Warm... With the Warm Digits

Electronic - 2011

British multi-instrumentalists Andrew Hodson (The Matinee Orchestra, drums and programming) and Steve Jefferis (cathode, guitar and synths) make a dashing duo,... more

Tracklist

1

Warm Welcome

1:04 min
2

Keep Warm

6:30 min
3

Trans-Pennine Express

5:13 min
4

Weapons Destruction

7:07 min
5

Grapefruit

5:01 min
6

One Track Groove (Living Stereo)

7:50 min
7

The Surplus of Seeing

2:42 min
8

A Warm Front, Coming from the North

5:16 min
9

The World in Small Doses

1:50 min
10

Here Come the Warm Digits

6:00 min

About Keep Warm... With the Warm Digits

British multi-instrumentalists Andrew Hodson (The Matinee Orchestra, drums and programming) and Steve Jefferis (cathode, guitar and synths) make a dashing duo, creating warm, propulsive sounds clearly rooted in the hypnotic looping of Neu! and the blinking, neon rhythms of Kraftwerk. “Keep Warm” and “Trans-Pennine Express” (a play on Kraftwerk’s “Trans-Europe Express”; the Pennines are an English mountain range) ignite this full-length debut with hypnotic, chewy rhythms before “Weapons Destruction” kicks the metronomic whoosh into hyperdrive in the autobahn's fast lane. It’s a colorful ride, swerving and spinning and pushed along by racing drums and a delightful interplay among wood-toned percussion, wiry guitar, and various electronic elements. “Grapefruit” follows, with handclaps, cowbell, and other flourishes that feel like a mashup of LCD and Fujiya & Miyagi. Keep Warm celebrates the sweet spot in a groove that holds you firmly mesmerized with a variety of textures and atmospherics. Field Music’s David Brewis plays bass, lending these tracks yet another layer of warmth.