Described by singer/songwriter Kenny Anderson (aka King Creosote) as the "soundtrack to a romanticized version of a life lived in a Scottish coastal village", Diamond Mine is a seven-track collection of previously unrecorded Anderson originals that have been doused in Brian Eno-inspired soundscapes by ambient producer Jon Hopkins, littered with rural field recordings and studded with occasional flourishes of accordions and strings.
Languid, pastoral, and remarkably serene (each track segues into each other like ice melting on a spring pond), Diamond Mine is so unobtrusive that it barely registers.
Anderson's lilting croon, which deftly blends traditional, Scottish folk stoicism with modern, indie folk candor, sits front and center, though his delivery is so even-handed that even he blends into the foliage, but on stand-out cuts like “John Taylor’s Month Away” and “Running on Fumes,” his deft lyricism and gift for guiding a melody through such open terrain helps to keep this lovely collection of ambient folk songs from disappearing into the ether.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | First Watch | King Creosote, Jon Hopkins | Play | 02:36 | 6 MB | 12 MB |
| 2 | John Taylor's Month Away | King Creosote, Jon Hopkins | Play | 06:31 | 14 MB | 35 MB |
| 3 | Bats in the Attic | King Creosote, Jon Hopkins | Play | 03:43 | 8 MB | 18 MB |
| 4 | Running on Fumes | King Creosote, Jon Hopkins | Play | 06:36 | 15 MB | 33 MB |
| 5 | Bubble | King Creosote, Jon Hopkins | Play | 05:34 | 12 MB | 31 MB |
| 6 | Your Own Spell | King Creosote, Jon Hopkins | Play | 03:51 | 8 MB | 17 MB |
| 7 | Your Young Voice | King Creosote, Jon Hopkins | Play | 03:17 | 7 MB | 11 MB |
| 32 mins | 73 MB | |||||
| 32 mins | 161 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jon Hopkins | Primary Artist |
| 2 | King Creosote | Primary Artist |
King Creosote
Jon Hopkins
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2010 - 4 tracks
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| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |