Respire, by Dextro

Respire

by Dextro

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Gordon Hoggins This hauntingly beautiful piece of music takes you through feelings of melancholy and sadness as well as moments of joyful uprising during its forty plus minute journey, conjuring up images of autumn, winter and early springtime. A mini masterpiece and possibly the finest piece of work yet by Dextro. Bravo! Favorite track: Inseparable.

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1.	Forgetting 06:33	buy track
2.	Inseparable 05:36	buy track
3.	Autonomy Fantasy Annihilator 07:51	buy track
4.	Hope Window 02:22	buy track
5.	Coigach Aer 09:20	buy track
6.	Glimmer Machine 03:41	buy track
7.	In Memory of The Always Already 05:17	buy track
8.	Recognition 04:28	buy track

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Dextro, the project of Newcastle based Scot, Ewan Mackenzie, returns with a fifth album, "Respire", a journey into an absorbed space, where acoustic motifs combine with symphonic electronics to create hypnotising soundscapes.

An ambition on ‘Respire’, Mackenzie suggests, “was to try and create a sense of freedom for thought and feeling where, for example, we might consider deeper systems of ecology or time in a more reverent way”. 'Respire' focuses on the intrinsic: the forgotten and inseparable aspects of life that come before our human experience.

‘Respire’ involves collaborations with musician friends from the Newcastle scene, such as the freeform Saxophone of Faye MacCalman (Archipelago, Me Lost Me, The Unthanks) on ‘Forgetting’, the poignant Cello of Tom Merritt Smith on ‘Inseparable’ and ‘Hope Window’, and the brooding Harmonium of Kate Halsall (Galvanize Ensemble) on ‘Inseparable’.

“This is a beautiful piece of music” Huw Stephens (BBC6 Music) on ‘Inseparable’.

"An engrossing evolution of the Dextro palette, Respire witnesses a fitful, uncoerced creative mode bear fruit once more" Ali Welford, Narc Magazine

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released September 12, 2024

Written, performed and produced by Ewan Mackenzie.

Saxophone on ‘Forgetting’ by Faye MacCalman.
Cello on ‘Inseparable’ and ‘Hope Window’ by Tom Merritt Smith. Harmonium on ‘Inseparable’ by Kate Halsall

Drums and saxophone recording on ‘Forgetting’ and drum recording on ‘Inseparable’ engineered by Sam Grant at Blank Studios.

Mastered by Sam Grant at Blank Studios

Cover design and layout by Adam Ian Sykes. Front cover photograph by Ewan Mackenzie.

Mr Medicine Records 2024

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