JAHCOOZI - Barefoot Wanderer
Reviews - Reviews
Tuesday, 09 March 2010 15:36

Artist: JAHCOOZI

Title: Barefoot Wanderer

Format: CD

Label: Bpitch Control
We recently talked about Robot Koch because of his solo album but this time I'm talking about him because he's also involved into Jahcoozi along with Sasha Perera and Oren Gerlitz. Active since early 00's with on their back releases for WMF Records, Kitty-Yo or A-Records, the trio is now releasing through BPitch Control their third album BAREFOOT WANDERER. If you were used to Robot breakbeats, well in this case you have to look somewhere else, but if you are into pop, dub, reggae and deep bass lines the eleven tracks of the album would satisfy your thirst for chill-out atmospheres. As the title suggests the band approached to the album with a new spirit and thanks to the Goethe Institute they went to Kenya to record the track "Msoto Millions" along with MCs from Uko Flani, a Kenyan dancehall/reggae crew in Nairobi. This was the first of their collaborations but this album see the band travelling and collaborating with people overseas (percussionist Guillermo Brown from New York or clay pot percussionist Oori Shalev from Israel) or in Europe (Belgian singer Barbara Panther). Ethnic influences found their home into the upbeat rhythmic textures of BAREFOOT WANDERER and if you aren't afraid of a jazzy vocal approach mixed with dub electronics you can check Jahcoozi. Personally "Wasteland" was the track I appreciated most because of its light ethnic percussion that duet with a soft female vocal and synth waves.
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VV.AA. - Global Surveyor Phase 3
Reviews - Reviews
Monday, 08 March 2010 15:18

Artist: VV.AA.

Title: Global Surveyor Phase 3

Format: CD

Label: Dominance Electricity
Available in CD as well as a three vinyl edition and on digital format at the usual retailers, GLOBAL SURVEYOR PHASE 3 is, as stated by the title, the third chapter of the series compiled by Matthias Weise (a.k.a. Sbassship, TRV, etc). Released five years from the second chapter, this new gathers twenty one killer electro tunes, which taking inspiration from the cover painted by David A. Hardy (the longest established living space artist, European vice president of the International Association of Astronomical Artists), bring to the lovers of deep synthetic bass lines and analog waves tracks that mix hard beats, spacey ambient synth sounds and electro bleeping sounds. Matthias, along with bands coming from Dominance Electricity roster, called in Keith Tucker (a.k.a. K1 from the legendary Detroit band Aux88), Middle Men (a.k.a. Phil Klein, famous for making music under the Bass Junkie moniker), Gosub (famous Miami project of Shad T. Scott) and Mesak (one half of Mr. Velcro Fastener). We have plenty of tunes to dig and electro sounds from all over the world with participants coming from Sweden, Holland, Serbia, Lithuania, Germany, England, U.S.A. and Finland. As usual for compilations some tracks stand out and in our case I won't make you miss the following: DJE's "Defiler" (its electro sounds mixed with middle Eastern melodies will catch your attention in no time), Global Surveyor feat. K1 & Gab.Gato's "Global Surveyor (DBS Remix)" (finest bouncing electro), Middle Men's "Space Quest" (cool deep vocals and upbeat electro mysterious melodies to dig), Lektroid's "Modular" (breathtaking electro funk), Gosub's "Folding time" (classic Gosub bass sounds with catchy ambient atmospheres), Sbassship's "Fall" (classic Sbassship's sweeps coupled with upbeat tempos), Varia's "Night Drive" (atmospheres a la Klaus Schulze for this project), Direct Control's "Stars" (classic electro  that you'll love if you dig Sbassship) and the closing spacey threatening ambient sound of CPU's "Signals from the Dark". You can download the 10 minutes teaser here http://www.saveoursounds.net/music/gs3/gs3t192.mp3
 
BEYOND SENSORY EXPERIENCE / MOLJEBKA PVLSE - Zielona Gora
Reviews - Reviews
Monday, 08 March 2010 11:07

Artist: BEYOND SENSORY EXPERIENCE / MOLJEBKA PVLSE

Title: Zielona Gora

Label: Ur Muzik

Format: CD
Ritualistic, experimental and intense, ZIELONA GORA is a recording of a live event conducted by two Swedish musical projects: Beyond Sensory Experience and Moljebka Pvlse. Based on drones, field recordings and light clanging noises the album is divided into five long movements. Sounding like recorded into a cave, the tracks create immediately a sort of cathartic vortex where sounds flows. Creepy atmospheres formed by whispered vocals, ambient noises and humming waves (like on "Kawałek Wściekłego Psa") are alternated to dark ambient drones duetting with unknown sounds (that remember the human tight bones used by Current 93 in the 80s) and distant arpeggios. Sometimes I missed the visual counterparts but if you take some time to listen to the album you could use these tracks for your mental movie...
 
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