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    <description><![CDATA[A true collaborative effort, Mid/Air, the new album from Dive Index, gathers vocal ?and instrumental talents from across the globe and weaves them into a melodically ?rich and sonically intriguing sound. Using a blend of electronic and acoustic elements ?as the backdrop, the focus here is on the songs, leading the listener on a series of ?personal and emotional journeys. Being lost in a foreign country, the insecure political ?climate, the lonely life of a fisherman, channel surfing, and absorbing comfort in life ?and loss-- these are some of the melancholy themes touched upon throughout the ?album. And yet, Mid/Air still manages to retain some glimmers of hope.

The common thread is co-writer and producer Will Thomas, who releases minimal?electronic music under the moniker Plumbline on London's esteemed Hydrogen Dukebox ?label. Vocal and lyrical contributions from the truly amazing Natalie Walker, Merz,?Ian Masters (of the Pale Saints), and Cat Martino lend to the stylistically ?varied sound. Instrumentally, Kevin O'Donnell (drummer for Andrew Bird), ?CJ Camerieri (horn for Rufus Wainwright) and Julia Kent and Maxim Moston ?(cello and violin for Antony & the Johnsons) all add to the cast of incredible talent ?featured throughout the album. And Plumbline collaborator Roger Eno's string ?arrangements help raise the ethereal and thematic album closer 'The World is Kind'?to deeply moving new heights.

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      <title>03 Hoko Onchi (Tunng Remix)</title>
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      <title>05 Second Guessing</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2008 12:20:10 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title>03 Sole Fisherman</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2008 12:18:22 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title>02 Between Sky And Sea</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2008 12:16:48 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title>Water In Our Hands</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 13:00:14 -0700</pubDate>
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      <title>Review by Popmatters.com</title>
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      <description><![CDATA["Amazingly, despite spreading the work of a dozen odd singers and musicians over 11 tracks, the debut effort from Dive Index is singularly expressive." 
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      <pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2008 12:07:33 -0700</pubDate>
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      <title>Review by All Music Guide</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[ Some formulas never get tiresome, and this is one of them: a sweet,
 gentle female voice singing winsome melodies over edgy, jittery, funky
 beats. Try to ignore the fact that {$Dive Index} claims to take its
 inspiration from mid-20th-century architecture, and also ignore
 press-release blather about how the music is "less written than
 sculpted" and how the songs "build themselves into the environment and
 rest there with staunch elegance." The fact is that these are very fine
 electro-pop songs, nothing more and nothing less, and at their best 
 they
 invoke the kind of spacious and multilayered lushness that was once
 {$Cocteau Twins}' stock in trade, while at others they bring to mind a
 much less dour version of {$Massive Attack}. {^Mid/Air} starts off
 powerfully, with the ethereally lovely {&"For Centuries"} and an
 acoustic-guitar-meets-glitch-machine pastoral called {&"Between Sky and
 Sea"}. Things get cleverer shortly thereafter with {&"The Promise
 Room"}, on which glitchy rhythmic elements seem to invade both the
 backing track and the vocals, making it sound like something must be
 wrong with your CD player. {&"Water in Our Hands"} gets a bit tedious,
 but the overlapping vocal tracks and dubby effects of {&"Screen to
 Screen"} work beautifully and {&"Come Tell Me"} is heartbreakingly dark
 and beautiful. The album ends with a slow, gelatinous number titled
 {&"The World Is Kind"}, on which a pretty melody and gorgeous strings
 wind gently around a high-pitched and panicky breakbeat. Pretentious?
 Yes, but it works. Very highly recommended.
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      <pubDate>Mon, 19 May 2008 15:32:44 -0700</pubDate>
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