us Osborne: Debut Full-Length out on Ghostly

House- and Technoproducer Osborne proudly presents his first full-length via the colourful Ghostly International. The eponymously titled album covers a wide range of material, including some of his classic cuts, previously unreleased pieces as well as a slew of completely new tracks. Having already released with Richard James’ (aka Aphex Twin) Rephlex label under the Soundmurdered guise, “Osborne” now catches him in full flight, on an extremely varied collection of 15 songs. From the edgey ambient softness of “Outta Sight” to the melodic and harmonic pop-bliss of “There” (characterised by Ghostly as “the kind of music to listen to in your den while learning Japanese”), the album covers the many different fields of interest of a musician never satisfied with simply copying patterns of those who have gone before him.

An important aspect in Osborne’s work is building his own music machines. Ever since he was five or six years old, he has been investigating how to manipulate objects like tape recorders to suit his personal needs (documented on several old mix tapes, which we don’t suspect will ever surface in record stores any time soon). The timbres found in these self-built machines in turn serve as a starting point for digital processing and the composition process, as he revealed in issue 120 of email Magazine Earplug “The other tracks may have a lot of tones I used off pieces of gear, but are assembled in a computer. Any analog gear I own is pretty much the stuff Tadd Mullinix and I have. It took a lot of time only in that I try to find a deal on everything or find pieces that are broken and cheap so I can fix them.”

Osborne’s debut album, originally to be called “Multitasking” in reference to the man’s many simultaneous activities, is out now on CD and digital formats.

Homepage: Osborne
Homepage: Ghostly International
Homepage: Earplug
By Tobias Fischer, published 2008-05-09

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