Windy Pops

Scottish one-man-band and one-time BC artist Dextro has just released his second album Winded, and the purpose of this little note is to let you know that you can get your hands on your own copy from the man himself for just £10 (including postage to wherever you are in the world) via his website.

Dextro popped by the Border Community back in 2004 to release the sublime folktronic Do You Need Help, gamely remixed for the dancefloor by class clowns The MFA. He then went on to team up with illustrious krautrock stable Gronland (home to pillars of the Krautrock community Neu!, Roedelius and Harmonia and modern-day revivalists Fujiya & Miyagi alike) for debut album Consequence Music, and this time the ever-devastating Clark was drafted in for a remix of the Hearts and Minds single.

New album Winded is an admirably DIY affair, released on his own 16K label, and sold direct from his own website, with a digital remix package being assembled as we speak. For people who like their electronica lush, soaring and with an organic folky edge (dare I mention Boards of Canada?), Dextro’s music is life-affirming stuff. The pastoral textures perfectly soundtrack the contemplation of nature, a theme that keen hillwalker Ewan draws on repeatedly in his videos and artwork: his appropriately DIY video for album track Distance uses footage shot on the island of Eigg and the Ardnamurchan peninsula in the Scottish Highlands, and could well function as an advert for the Scottish Tourist Board, as it has just strengthened our resolve to pay a visit to the area very soon.

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