Martin Enke’s debut album as Lake People is definitely worth the wait. Having built up a solid reputation with the ‘Point In Time’ EP and several other releases, the time is right for him to ‘go long’, as it were, and ‘Purposely Uncertain Field’ shows that he is a versatile producer capable of toughing up or smoothing out the beats. A lot of these productions are smoothly executed but there is a nice line in squiggly synths too. The constructions work even better when the beats are tougher, as they are in ‘Coopingand’, ‘Blackpoint’ and ‘Illuminated’, while the dying bassline to the deeper ‘Lamb Shift’ is rather effective and a bit disconcerting. On the slower side of things ‘Distance’ loses the beats to create a cold sound picture with echoes of Harold Budd and Brian Eno. Enke’s instinct for the ebb and flow of an album is spot on – meaning ‘Purposely Uncertain Field’ has none of the ambiguity its name suggests. Well worth getting hold of.
4 out of 5
Reviewed by Ben Hogwood
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