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"One of the disadvantages that arise from having musical parents is that you find your memory full of little tunes that they sung when you were too small to complain.
"So here is Light Luggage, my attempt to rid myself of some melodic childhood baggage. The harmonic language seems to lean towards Talk Talk's Spirit of Eden but I had fun with some Eighties electronic drums which reminded me of Stewart Copeland's theme music to The Equalizer.
"The round melody is brought in as the piece progresses and stretches to five parts in a retrospective ending, though you never get to hear the tune in full."