A Young Person's Guide to Kyle Bobby Dunn

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A Young Person's Guide to Kyle Bobby Dunn
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Studio album by
Kyle Bobby Dunn
ReleasedJanuary 18, 2010 (2010-01-18)
Recorded2004–2009
Genre Ambient, drone
Length1:52:45
Label Low Point
Producer Kyle Bobby Dunn

A Young Person's Guide to Kyle Bobby Dunn is a double album by Canadian composer Kyle Bobby Dunn. It was released on January 18, 2010, by the British label Low Point. [1]

Contents

The album features extended drone-based compositions created using processed classical instruments, electric guitar, and piano. The majority of tracks exceed ten minutes in length, with two shorter piano vignettes included on the second disc. [2]

Four tracks on the first disc were originally released in April 2009 as part of Dunn’s digital-only album Fervency on the Brooklyn-based Moodgadget label. [3] The Low Point edition expanded on that release, adding over an hour of additional material. [4]

Reception

The album received positive reviews from music critics.

Track listing

Disc one

  1. "Butel" – 17:30
  2. "The Tributary (For Voices Lost)" – 10:38
  3. "There Is No End (To Your Beauty)" – 14:34
  4. "Promenade" – 9:08
  5. "Small Show of Hands" – 4:12

Disc two

  1. "Grab (And Its Lost Legacies)" – 11:34
  2. "Empty Gazing" – 6:53
  3. "Last Minute Jest" – 2:03
  4. "The Second Ponderosa" – 9:11
  5. "Bonaventure’s Finest Hour" – 10:55
  6. "Sets of Four (Its Meaning Is Deeper Than Its Title Implies)" – 4:55
  7. "The Nightjar" – 11:17

References

  1. ↑ "A Young Person's Guide to Kyle Bobby Dunn". Bandcamp. Low Point Records. Retrieved September 2, 2025.
  2. 1 2 Tangari, Joe (April 29, 2010). "Kyle Bobby Dunn: A Young Person's Guide to Kyle Bobby Dunn Album Review". Pitchfork. Retrieved September 2, 2025.
  3. 1 2 "Album Review: Kyle Bobby Dunn – A Young Person's Guide to..." Consequence of Sound. April 27, 2010. Retrieved September 2, 2025.
  4. 1 2 "A Young Person's Guide to Kyle Bobby Dunn". Boomkat. Retrieved September 2, 2025.
  5. ↑ "A Young Person's Guide to Kyle Bobby Dunn". AllMusic. Retrieved September 2, 2025.
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