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Minute Taker
12+ albums
synthpop80spianoelectronicretrowave
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“Epic, otherworldly sounds in an intimate show, with digital trickery framing trad folk singer-songwritery fare." - The Guardian "McGarvey is a young singer/songwriter with that rarest of things in the genre; imagination." - Clash "An undiscovered hidden gem" - The 405 "His latest album Last Things is a beautiful collection of electronic-orientated pop songs that sound like old recordings that have been rediscovered and restored by a renegade computer; glitching and looping." - Planet Notion "McGarvey has locked himself away in his bedroom and crafted songs of true otherworldly magic and splendour. Bursting with beautiful acoustic melodies and hooks." Manchester Evening News Minute Taker is the new pseudonym of Manchester-based alternative songwriter/producer Ben McGarvey. In 2008 Ben released his debut album Too Busy Framing to critical acclaim. Primarily recorded in his parents’ basement using an old piano, a PC and various gadgets, the resulting album was described by Manchester Evening News as “bursting with beautiful acoustic melodies and hooks”, and was recently declared "an underrated hidden gem " by The 405. Minute Taker adopts a more expansive, electronic-orientated approach that could be described as dark dream pop with elements of glitch, industrial and lo-fi, drawing comparisons to James Blake, Bat For Lashes, Grimes, Björk and Thom Yorke. New Album "Last Things" Last Things, the album, will be released on 15th April 2013. Songs such as Merge, Alkal
