{"product_id":"charlie-may-trusted-farms","title":"CHARLIE MAY – TRUSTED FARMS","description":"\u003cp\u003eTitle:  Trusted Farms\u003cbr\u003eArtist: Charlie May\u003cbr\u003eLabel: A Strangely Isolated Place\u003cbr\u003eGenre: \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAmbient, Electronic, Experimental\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCatalog number: ASIPV058\u003cbr\u003eFormat: 12\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAfter decades contributing to records where a single riff could transform a dancefloor, Charlie May turns that instinct inward on Trusted Farms.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFor over thirty years, Charlie has occupied a position that seems increasingly rare in electronic music: the musician’s musician, the person behind the machines, the extra pair of hands in the studio, and quite often, the person responsible for the melody you end up carrying around in your head for weeks on end.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAlongside Duncan Forbes as Spooky, Charlie helped shape some of the most important electronic music to emerge from the UK in the early ’90s. That partnership would also sow the seeds for one of Sasha’s defining records: the central riff behind Xpander began life in Spooky’s live material, before Charlie brought the idea into the studio with Sasha and helped transform it into one of electronic music’s most enduring anthems.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eListen closely to Charlie’s work and there’s a particular instinct that keeps returning: knowing when a simple synth line is enough. Knowing which note needs to change. Knowing when repetition stops being repetition and starts becoming the entire reason a track works. More recently, as one-third of Quiet Places on ASIP, he’s taken those same instincts somewhere looser — beatless, gridless and led by improvisation.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTrusted Farms puts those instincts front and centre.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTiny melodic phrases appear and refuse to leave. Synth lines repeat just long enough to become lodged in your head. Parts rub against each other without being tidied into submission. There’s a sharpness and directness to it all amongst the purposeful analogue warmth.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSome of these tracks feel almost ridiculously simple at first. But simplicity is difficult when you’ve spent decades learning every possible way to complicate something. Many of the parts on Trusted Farms were performed live with minimal editing. A synth line might be doubled, distorted, re-recorded and pushed back through another piece of equipment, but it remains the same idea. Instead of filling the gaps, Charlie works on the weight and character of what is already there. The melodies become physical; slightly worn around the edges.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFor someone whose fingerprints can be found across some genuinely monumental moments in electronic music, Charlie has spent decades knowing what to add.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTrusted Farms is about knowing exactly what to leave alone\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Space Cadets","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":63913428713802,"sku":"3117","price":30.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0836\/8187\/0154\/files\/cc_front_9d96085a-42a4-4e40-9cd7-2288c3a6fe70.jpg?v=1791989002","url":"https:\/\/chippychasers-recordstore.com\/products\/charlie-may-trusted-farms","provider":"Chippy Chasers Record Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}