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Danny L Harle Broken Flowers Essay

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Unlike most of collective/label PC Music’s other biggest producers, Danny L Harle is classically trained, having studied at Goldsmiths, University of London. This might have been insignificant, but Harle’s music does have a classical bent to it. Unlike his contemporaries A. G. Cook, Hannah Diamond, and SOPHIE, who tend to rely on percussion or simple and sweet pop rhythms, Harle’s songs are surprisingly sophisticated in their composition. This is tangible on Broken Flowers, Harle’s debut EP - each of its four songs feature not only the trademark PC Music aesthetic of high-pitched bubblegum pop, but also a housier undertone, one that is more fit for a tropical dancefloor than a Papa Song’s. Although some of the rubbery aspect of PC Music’s poppier side is lost in this release, it gains a dark allure to it, one that is obviously missing in a lot of bubblegum bass. Broken Flowers is a fantastic debut from Danny L Harle; although his contemporaries might have better music at the moment, this EP proves that the composer-turned-songwriter is here to stay. …show more content…

The vocalist is a high range female who delivers her lyrics robotically; the synths are just as shrill and robotic. Where Harle adds some individuality to the mix is in the empty spaces between the large chords; take “Forever”, the poppiest song on the EP. The chorus is full of big synths and girly vocals, but the rest is filled in with complex synthesized arpeggios. Along with its dancy beat, these arpeggios fill in some of the blank spaces of the PC Music formula, taking away the necessity of more instruments for a larger sound. Instead of adding instrumental depth to these songs, Harle adds melodic depth, which turns this release from a mediocre A. G. Cook tribute into a new and unique

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