Derivatives
A haunting collection of remixes and covers that cloaks Fitzsimmons' signature hushed folk in layers of glitchy electronics and somber, late-night atmosphere.
May 4, 2010 · Mercer Street Records
A haunting collection of remixes and covers that cloaks Fitzsimmons' signature hushed folk in layers of glitchy electronics and somber, late-night atmosphere.
May 4, 2010 · Mercer Street Records
Listening to Derivatives feels like watching a familiar landscape transform under the glow of a streetlamp. William Fitzsimmons has always been a master of the quietest possible intimacy, but here, that intimacy is refracted through a digital lens. The album takes the raw, bleeding heart of his previous work and wraps it in protective layers of synthesizers, glitchy percussion, and expansive reverb. It is a record that exists in the liminal space between the organic and the synthetic, where a delicate acoustic guitar line can suddenly be swallowed by a warm wave of electronic bass.
How does Derivatives sound next to the rest of William Fitzsimmons's catalogue?
Midnight saturates this record far more than the artist's norm.
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