Zube Artist -

At twenty five years of age, Tom James Parmiter presents his own unique take on the modern instrumental album, entitled 'Providence'. Electric and glitch ridden rhythms give way to orchestral and string sonics and return replete with grumbling, sonorous baselines and beats; breaking new ground in the world of electronic, ambient and programmed music, whilst referencing Eno, Philip Glass, Stockhausen, Ennio Morricone and 'progressive' 70's acts such as Genesis. Out on Zube Records and ITunes this November. See the extract below from Paul Pledger's review in allgigs this month.

For someone who adores instrumental, contemporary and minimalist music, "Providence" by 25-year old composer Tom James Parmiter is a treasure-trove of sources and influences from right across the electronic spectrum. Essentially, this album feels like a spring-board for Parmiter's first launch into recorded music, because each track possesses its own identity and its own style. It's like he's waiting for a reaction before going the whole hog with his preferred style.

For example, the opening title-track is reminiscent of Moby being pretty and plaintive on later albums, given that extra touch of Parmiter magic. Next track, "Kyoto Dreams", hints at "On"-period Aphex Twin or other jagged Warp Records artists mixed with ZTT's classical boffin, Andrew Poppy - its twitchy beats and pert little piano riff is a marriage made in Britain. The excellent chill-out track "Buying Peace" isn't completely unlike something Rob Dougan or Wagon Christ might have knocked out in the '90s. I could go on to mention Philip Glass, Steve Reich, Wim Mertens and Craig Armstrong - oh, I just have.

The burning question is - with all these similarities, does Parmiter have his own stamp on the thing? Yes, it's called a piano and he can play it with the best of them. - there's talent in them thar grooves. Paul Pledger