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Kyle Bobby Dunn's steady stream of releases exploring ambient and drone composition continues on 2012's Bring Me the Head of Kyle Bobby Dunn -- though it must be said that it's a little hard to imagine him soundtracking anything Sam Peckinpah ever did. "Canticle of Votier's Flats" begins the album on an expected note of slow, ambient calm, increasing in volume with a central melody leading the way, understatedly providing an initial brief hook. But "La Chanson de Beurrage" is where everything fully kicks in, a quarter-hour piece balancing off a seeming simplicity -- a circular, minimal melodic progression -- with an engrossing warmth and focus that compare to Stars of the Lid at their most involving, but with a particular vision that is all Dunn's own. Shifts in the arrangement change the tones and textures without removing that focus, while "Douglas Glen Theme" is even more subtle, almost barely there at the start, it takes a comparatively more dramatic path as it quietly evolves into a near-brass fanfare of a kind, albeit with just one lead instrument, as if it was a slow, utterly serene tribute set against a calm wash rising and falling. "Ending of All Odds" is another short one, as is the concluding "Diamond Cove," one of his more Eno-like compositions, while "An Evening with Dusty" further reveals why Dunn's work is so consistently enjoyable. ★★★★ - ALLMUSIC REVIEW

If you’ve never heard of Kyle Bobby Dunn, let me fist disperse any misconstrued perceptions you may have, presumably gathered from the title of this album, Bring Me The Head of Kyle Bobby Dunn. No, this is not an all-consuming breakcore album, nor a beat driven avalanche of rhythms. In fact, there are no beats on the album at all. Armed only with his electric guitar and a few loop pedals, Dunn manages to bring an all-consuming avalanche of emotions, which drown, overwhelm, and put to rest any misconstrued perceptions gathered from this life. The long stretching fingers of sound escape from the strings and levitate above the landscape of atmospheric morning bliss.In fact, I prefer to listen to Dunn’s ambient soundscapes in the early morning, while my neighbors are still sleeping, and the tones at the higher frequency spectrum won’t penetrate the walls. These are the drones I can turn all the way up, with my windows open and my eyes ajar. Something in the major harmony of the resonating sound waves creates a mood of calmness, reflection, and well-being, involuntary nudging my mind into a trance-like meditative state. The pads soar, vibrate and cycle, like an endless ocean of sound, full of continuous repetitive current.The double-disc album collect the tracks composed over several years, recorded in Dunn’s hometown, Brooklyn, New York, and Canada. Low Point, a Nottingham (UK) based label run by Gareth Hardwick, has previously published another double disc release by Dunn - A Young Person’s Guide To Kyle Bobby Dunn (Low Point, 2010), as well as some of my all time favorite albums, including Celer‘s Tightrope (Low Point, 2012), Tim Catlin & Machinefabriek‘s Patina (Low Point, 2011) and Dag Rosenqvist & Simon Scott‘s Conformists (Low Point, 2010).It seems that every year, Dunn puts all of his energy into another slowly evolving minimal album. For the past six, he has released works on Housing, This Generation Tapes, Sedimental, Moodgadget, and Desire Path Recordings. Bring Me The Head Of Kyle Bobby Dunn is his eighth studio album, and in no doubt shows any signs of slowing. Recommended if you enjoy guitar driven ambiance from Brian McBride, Stars of the Lid, and Listening Mirror, as well as works by Christopher Bissonnette, Lawrence English and Stephan Mathieu.