The Vessel:Broadway Project

Title: the Vessel

Label: Doubling Cube

Genre: haunting, sample-based instrumentals

Dan Berridge, the man behind the Broadway Project, makes music because he has to. He suffers from a chronic disease called myalgic encephalomyelitis which is a fancy name for chronic fatigue syndrome. Most sufferers from the disease fall into deep states of depression. To prevent this, doctors recommend a creative output; Berridge bought a sampler. This album was actually released 2 years ago in Britain, Berridge’s home country, but it just now has found its way to the States. The Broadway Project’s sound is a melancholic blend of DJ Shadow inspired instrumental hip-hop, laid-back jazz and nicotine-stained lounge. The Vessel is a haunting and seductive album that wraps itself around a underlying feeling of cathartic acceptance painted in drab colors on an vast sonic canvas. It’s really meant to be listened to alone and in the dark, but play it anyway…

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