Since 2014 Gary Mundy of Ramleh and Breathless has been releasing most of his solo work through Fourth Dimension Records. Common Values is his seventh such album for the label and gathers another six mighty cuts that on one hand continue his penchant for exploring more serrated sonic landscapes and, on the other, keep those in check with a tempered approach to atmospherics that this time round is widened further by almost kosmische-like curdled organ playing, electronic swirl, psychedelic guitar mainlined from one of Saturn's outer rings, and occasional haunting yet despairing vocals that are more pronounced than ever before. If anything serves as a common thread in all of Gary's work then it's not only in his love of stratospheric sounds, but also ... mehr lesen