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    <description><![CDATA[REVIEW: THE SOUTHERN REPORTER
Electronic tonic

http://www.thesouthernreporter.co.uk/leisure/Electronic-tonic.4108151.jp

REVIEW: BETTER LIVING THROUGH MP3, KEN MICALLEF, YAHOO
Plum Freaking Ashtech! (DANCE MUSIC MARATHON PT. 2)
Posted Thu. Mar 20, 6:48 PM ET by Ken Micallef in Better Living Through MP3 
Holly Golightly? Scottish loops'n'samples slinger Plum is a 20-something electronic-based musician with her two feet firmly planted in a zillion different camps. Plum has been described as the female Fourtet, and with good reason: Combining her naturalistic, gentle vocals and guitar with all manner of sampled and live instruments, her EP The Whispering Chamber (Summer Rain Recordings) matches the sound of coquettish woodland nymphs with sampled electronic bits ricocheting off some abandoned satellite. But beyond that natural/synthetic mold so common to the music of Fourtet, Plum also recalls English knob-twiddlers Laika, Lemon Jelly, and Plug. Give a listen, Plum will set your head reeling, and your thoughts to daydreaming mode.

The Whispering Chamber will be released on 19th November electronically. Plum wrote me late last year. "I am originally from Scotland, and am finding it a bit daunting being female (where are the rest of us in this electronic mash of testosterone?). I love to use samples I collect myself and recreate memories in my music. My music has been really well received in America, and I've had a fair amount of airplay in New York on Home Grown Radio NJ. I've got a number of remixes in the pipeline from ex-Boards of Canada musician Christ. to Planet Mu's Frogpocket, to Singapore artist Sonic Brat. It's hard to promote yourself, but hopefully you'll have a listen - my music is soft and kind of childlike."

"Plumbada" begins with an off-kilter drum roll leading into a deep bucket wash of dub-like textures and Plum's sweet vocal, layered for ultimate doper's effect. Childlike, perhaps, if your child is knowledgeable in the ways of African rhythms and ominous soundscapes. Plum blends dulcet vibraphones, turntable squeegees and acoustic guitar on "Fairies," her spoken word narration adding a deliciously dark mood. But "Toys" may be my favorite from The Whispering Chamber, an up-tempo beat blast with what sounds like an African child's laugher filled voice looped and deconstructed, then matched with bouncy instrumentation straight offa Sheryl Crow's "All I Wanna Do."  It's an infectious track bubbling with quirky sounds and happy summer vibrations.

Plum has also released a remix EP, Glory Feast (Summer Rain). "Toys Amyl JP MC remix" is a stunner". 

Ken Micallef, Yahoo music Blog Better Living Through MP3...(incidentally the child was from Newcastle)

A creative music producer with an interest in film, foley and audio post production. Building many tunes on unique samples, Plum is interested in electronic music, ambient, experimental and emotive.

Plum studied a BA in Communication in Edinburgh, and lived in Australia and Korea, before moving to London to study Music Production before moving back to Edinburgh full cycle 4 years after leaving.

The Whispering Chamber
<a href="http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=266241027&s=143441"><img src="http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n23/phexix/plum.jpg" border="0" alt="Plum - The Whispering Chamber EP" /></a>
All tracks on The Whispering Chamber have been masterfully mastered by Steve Travell - unbelievable amounts of gratitude and good vibes to you Mr Travo! The Whispering Chamber EPis out now - click on the pic to buy! You know you want it!

Artwork provided by the lovely Darren Woolridge - www.darrenwoolridge.com, www.myspace.com/iridiumflares

Fairies, Toys, and If You Were A Bubble inspired some brilliant photograhs from the wonderful Craig Maguire (www.redbubble.com/people/maguirephotos)! Check out the pics!

The Glory Feast
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Click the pic to get The Glory Feast EP from the Summer Rain online store:
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<a href="https://www.beatport.com/en-US/html/content/release/detail/128131/the_glory_feast_-_ep">CLick here to get The Glory Feast EP at Beatport</a>
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<a href="http://www.itunes.com/plum">Click here to get The Glory Feast EP at iTunes</a>
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<a href="http://www.trackitdown.net/artist/185607/plum.html">Click here to get The Glory Feast EP at Trackitdown.net</a>
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/The-Glory-Feast-EP/dp/B001DQKP7I/ref=sr_f3_5?ie=UTF8&s=dmusic&qid=1221734184&sr=103-5">Click here to get The Glory Feast EP at Amazon</a>
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Artwork hand created by the brilliant, and lovely George Morton-Clark - who has done artwork for The Rolling Stones! More of his amazing work on http://www.duck-artshop.com/acatalog/George.html

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