| Mark Nelson's third Pan•American album is patiently assertive, carefully balanced between structure and impulse. Each electronic dot, pulse or tone deliberately emerges from silence. Sonic light and shadow come from this careful placement, with subtle references to dub, house and minimalism.
At a time when so much music fixates on process at the expense of the final product, the music on The River Made No Sound creates its own space and earns its keep. |