Emil Amos - Filmmusik (Pelagic) 2017
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The debut solo album from the Grails and Holy Sons mainman Emil Amos is a celebration not only of his exquisitely delicate touch as a composer but also of his status as musical archivist extraordinaire. It pulls together everything from the golden age of cinematic soundtracking, the splashes of glitchy funk, soul and hip-hop marrying well with Pierre Bachelet-esque easy listening and Amos’ own sometimes predatory-sounding psychedelia, and turns them into something exotic yet familiar. In an age where labels like Death Waltz and Mondo are making a killing from the sounds of the past, it’s refreshing to hear someone like Amos repurposing them so lovingly and with such skill, and with the passion, tension and action that Filmmusik evokes, someone really needs to get around to making a movie based around it right away.