Standing On A Hummingbird

Templeton’s intriguing music is based on stark contrast – a collision of acoustic and digital, tradition and machine. The familiar instruments – guitar, banjo – that drift in at the start of each piece are slowly eroded by digital hiss, manipulated found sounds and layered ambience, Templeton gradually slicing and sculpting all elements into something else. The result is both unsettling and oddly comforting.