Labels: Fidelista
Review by: Ian Carter
Red Cable Sunday is the vehicle of Denis Fernando, with the name taking its influence from the battle for Cable Street in 1930s East London where Denis is based. Supposedly this two track 7″ draws on a lot of influences from a number of political ideologies such as those of Chavez and Castro.
Call me old fashioned, but I don’t really see how two tracks of instrumental piano music can ever really be classed as political. The “press release” that came with this 7 inch was so full of hyperbole and references to figures like Malcolm X, I really thought someone had put the wrong record in the sleeve.
This record is two tracks of chilled out piano music: it’s nothing you probably haven’t heard as filler on some other records to be honest. The lack of any real changes in pace and tonality makes it a great record for pulling out if you invite a new lady/man friend back to your house and want to create a bit of mood. This would be the case if the record lasted for any amount of time; It all feels like its just getting started and is about to explode into a some new territory, but ends with a damp squib.
The overall tone of these songs is fairly melancholic, the emotive melodies and extended chord voicing’s providing interesting moments, but alas, there’s nothing that really makes the hairs on your neck stand up – like any good instrumental offering should.
All in all, this is not a bad record, there’s just nothing of real interest here and doesn’t really do much beyond being some quite pretty background music, although there is definitely the potential here.