Uplifting and meditative, Deforestation opens with an angular version of Pipi Manu E by US duo Matmos and follows with NZ artist Stef Animal's soaring take on Tui before bringing in beat-boxing, dub, spaced-out synthesisers and a spoken-word recital from NZ anthropologist and author Dame Anne Salmond.
The results are occasionally weird but, mostly, quietly wild.
• Dudley Benson. Deforestation. Golden Retriever Records.
• Three and a half stars (out of five)
Single download: Ruru (Shuta Hasunuma Remix)
For those who like: Unknown Mortal Orchestra on a field trip
- Shane Gilchrist
