Jacques Greene – Dawn Chorus (2LP)

Album Info Hide Show Artist: Jacques Greene Album: Dawn Chorus Released: Europe, 2019 Tracklist: A1 Serenity A2 Drop Location A3 Do It Without You B1 Night Service B2 Sel B3 Let Go C1 For Love C2 Sibling C3 Whenever D1 Understand D2 Distance D3 Stars Info About Buying Vinyl From Our Record Store We are a small independent record store located at 211 High St, Preston in Melbourne, Australia (North of Northcote, between Thornbury & Reservoir) We buy and sell new and used vinyl records – if you have a collection you’d like to sell please click here . We ship Australia wide for a flat rate of $10 for standard shipping or $15 for express post. Free Shipping for orders $150 and over. You can also pick up your order in store, just select Local Pickup at the checkout. We also ship internationally – prices vary depending on weight and location. We ship vinyls in thick, rigid carboard mailers with a crushable zone on either side, and for extra safety we bubble wrap the records. 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You can contact our Melbourne record shop at (03) 9939 3807 or at [email protected] Happy Listening! Description Hide Show Jacques Greene has always been one of those producers who seem to bottle the afterglow of a night out. The lights are up, the last train is calling, but your head is still humming with colour and possibility. Dawn Chorus leans hard into that feeling. Released on 18 October 2019 through Glasgow label LuckyMe, its the Montreal artists second full-length after 2017s Feel Infinite, and it plays like a love letter to the quieter end of club culture. Less hands-in-the-air, more eyes-closed on the walk home. Greenes sound design is the big draw here. He has a knack for giving the synths air to breathe, so even the busiest passages feel unhurried. Drums flicker in and out like streetlights seen from a moving tram, while the bass rolls with that rubbery warmth you only get from someone who understands how systems, rooms and headphones translate. If Feel Infinite celebrated the snap of house and the pull of R&B, Dawn Chorus takes the tempo down a notch and lets the textures do more of the talking. You can hear his reverence for 90s hardware and sample craft, but it never congeals into pastiche. Its modern, melancholic, and tactile. Do It Without You is the most immediate entry point. Its classic Greene in the best sense, built around a spliced vocal phrase that catches in the chest and a rhythm that shuffles forward with quiet insistence. He sets the hook, pulls back, and lets the space work. Its not a banger in the festival sense, but give it a proper listen and youll catch the detail in the hi-hats and the way the chords bloom. One of those tracks that makes time feel elastic. Across the album theres a cinema to the pacing. Greene sequences like a DJ who cares about the room. Hell raise the light, then sink you back into the cushions. You get stretches that feel almost ambient, then a snare cracks and suddenly you remember this came from the club. It rewards a full play rather than a playlist skim. Theres no cheap sugar hit, just a long arc that builds a world and keeps faith with it. LuckyMes fingerprints are here too. The label has a history of letting artists stretch, and Greene takes that invitation. Hes always worn his R&B and pop curiosity with pride, yet here he burrows deeper into mood and memory. The result feels both intimate and big-room ready, which is a neat trick. If youve followed his run of 12-inches or his earlier collaborations, youll hear the same sense of melody, but with a newly patient confidence. On vinyl the album really breathes. The low end sits comfortably, kicks feel round, and the synth washes open up. Dawn Chorus vinyl is worth the shelf space if youre the sort who flicks the lights down and lets a record take the room. Jacques Greene vinyl tends to hold its value with fans for that reason. If youre hunting for Jacques Greene albums on vinyl, this is the one that best captures his whole palette in one sitting. And if youre in a Melbourne record store on a rainy Saturday, youll know what I mean when I say side B suits the weather. Critics warmed to the record when it landed, and its easy to hear why. Theres craft here, but also heart. Greene never disappears behind the gear. The melodies feel sung even when theyre sampled, and the percussion carries a human swing. Its a record that sits nicely next to home listening staples, but it also makes you want to see him work a booth again, just to hear how these tunes fold into a night. If youre building out the collection, buy Jacques Greene records online through your usual haunts and keep an eye out for reissues if the first run is gone. For those in the market for vinyl records Australia, plenty of shops still list copies, and its the sort of LP that turns casual fans into loyalists. Dawn Chorus doesnt shout for attention. It whispers, and somehow that lands harder. Product Reviews Hide Show Write a Review