Jim Robson – Review

I often dip into Jim Robson’s music, relaxing, beautifully constructed and executed. The production is first rate  – ‘Equilibrium’ is a cool chill out track which is perfect from where I’m sitting,  looking out to the sea with the sun just beginning to set after a wonderful warm Summer’s day.
‘Bridge’ gently pulls you into its atmospheric swirl and cocoons you safely in a piano, feather filled duvet – Splendid!


This is what is said on Reverb Nation: Around the 80’s JIM ROBSON bought a 4-track tape-recorder and wrote like mad. Then MIDI came on the scene and he embraced that like it was going out of fashion (which it hasn’t). The keyboard has always been a favourite medium of musical expression of his and although he have never had any lessons, he continues to use it as a compositional tool.

Speaking as an ‘old man’ who cut his teeth on 2 and 4 track tape recorders, you can tell when a piece of music is not over produced with a zillion tracks. Using tape taught me not to be overly excessive when laying down tracks – only play and record what you need. I think I can spot the same philosophy in this music, the temptation to over produce has been avoided, you are only given what is precisely required. That is a rare skill these days.
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'Death by Sushi' Fish can kill me. When I was very small (maybe 3 or 4 years old) my grandfather, who lost the sight of one eye from a bullet fired by a German sniper (fortunately not a very good one) during the Battle of the Somme in World War 1, wiped my face with the corner of his apron, an apron he had used to wipe his filleting knife on. He was a grocery shopkeeper who specialized in wet fish.