CD Reviews: Lo-Fang

The debut album from Los Angeles producer Lo-Fang, aka Matthew Hemerlein, has been a while in the making, the classically trained multi-instrumentalist (he plays violin, cello, bass, piano and guitar) writing much of the material while travelling around the world.

Though such a process is fraught with disjointed danger, Lo-Fang has presented a cohesive 45-minute journey through a world of dark yet warm soundscapes that pulse with invention both electronic and organic, from his own rather good tunes to covers of BOY's Boris and the Grease classic You're The One That I Want, which is wonderfully transformed into a downbeat lament.