Night

The aptly titled Night is a collection of live recordings on a 2-track from five different all-night sessions from January 30th to July 1999.

Lo-fi ambient music can easily be a one-way ticket to extreme self-indulgence, but in the hands of the Memory Cell's evocative marriage of melodic Enoesque drones and subtly stripped down ramshackle-blues, it makes for one of more challenging, yet ultimately rewarding, listening experiences around.

The loose and minimal percussive production is a joy, the soundscapes here orchestrated by tone and mood. These strengths are beautifully illustrated on the lusciously simple 'Know Time' and the mysterious lo-fi lunacy of 'Spanish Prison Dance'.

In abandoning stereotypical musical arrangements, Memory Cells have passed the initial debut acid test with flying (dark!) colours.