Molto probabilmente “Pairings” è uno dei dischi, appartenenti a questa label, più malinconici che io abbia mai ascoltato.

It is a marked difference in aesthetics to the rest of the drone scene and their defiance turns the album into a work of experimental dimensions, instead of an obvious crowd-pleaser.

“Pairing 2 pt. 2” is a brilliant matching of droning electronic noise and subtle, yet strategically placed acoustic guitar patterns and ethereal string orchestrations.

Rather than coming off as a recorded jam session, Parings sounds like the work of group experienced with each other’s playing. Manning and Novak are obviously operating on each other’s wavelength.

These hazy guitar waves undergo slight discharges, minimal fragmentation, discreet pitch transposition while maintaining their essential placidity, letting us enjoy the “barely there” presence of the music…

Beautifully simple for the most part there’s a delicate sense of melody at work here that complements the underlying drone-style textures.

Slightly controlled and yet in good part abiding by its own natural rhythm, Pairings is indeed an endearing catch.

Marc Manning aka Heavy Leads plays electric and acoustic guitar and voice and Yann Novak plays laptop, both with releases …

This is a drift of a wind that blows swiftly across the prairie landscape.

…delicate scrolls of ambience, that effortlessly unfurl, bearing the listener on warm, soporific waves, slender tendrils of tone that shimmer and cascade.

…when the ‘real’ instruments comes in, things balance quite nicely and makes this a fine work…