Paul Ellis - The Last Hiding Place Of Beauty

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Paul Ellis had developed himself into a mighty force in electronic music. After his fantastic 2005-album “Silent Conversations” on which the American multi-instrumentalist (synthesizers, guitars, bass, rhythms) worked with guest musicians like Steve Roach and Jeffrey Koepper and the solo-album “The Infinity Room” from 2006, he returns with “The Last Hiding Place Of Beauty”.
This last hiding place was created visually by the innovative designer Pablo Magne through a really great cover. The mixture between good music and a fine cover always does well. Fitting like a glove.
Ellis was one of the founders of the retroband Dweller At The Threshold with which he recorded some memorable music. Solo, he has created classics with albums like “The Secred Ordinary”, “Silent Conversations” and “The Infinity Room” on the Groove Unlimited label. Also, he released “Echo System” with his fellow American and stylemember Craig Padilla.
With “The Last Hiding Place Of Beauty” he undoubtedly again has released a future classic.

“The Unveiling Ravenous Evening” opens the album. It begins retro with an acoustic guitar and the melancholy sound of a Mellotron flute that might remind the listener to early progressive rock albums. After this, soft sequences and simple but effective melodies take over. Echo-effects are being used here in an extremely suitable way. Paul is a master of the sequence. This is proved on the titletrack. Just listen to the drumsounds here: very well done!
The Mellotron (the stringsounds) is heard again clearly in “The Note, The Walk In The Rain And The Umbrella”. Guitar and bass play also play an important part in this intriguing track.
The guitar again opens the last piece, “The Hydroelectric Spinning Heart”. Sequences and wonderful bassounds enter and Ellis plays the acoustic piano. The combination between acoustic and electronic instruments works very well on this album. Also, there is a lot of room for the listener to breathe. As Paul states in the booklet: “More open spaces for you to breathe”.

It is a great thing if a musician keeps on doing things better. With Paul Ellis this is surely the case. With “The Last Hiding Place Of Beauty” he might have released the ultimate mix between electronics and acoustics and perhaps have created a style of his own. Hopefully we can see him play live some day.