In keeping with Liquid's tradition of eclectic
genre fusion, "SV#002" contains a harmonious 10 tracks
featuring some of the world's hottest new and proven acts in the
downtempo sector. From Phutureprimitive to Nagual Sound Experiment
to Slackbaba, This collection of Liquid's most stellar talent is
sure to please the senses and slide you into that special spring
groove.This album doubtlessly lives up to the high standards of
the label and its impressive lineup of musical talent. Each track
showcases nicely the divergent sounds of each of these artists.
From the indoor urban clubs to chillout spaces in the middle of
the wilds, once again Liquid puts a little something for every environment
into this tracklist, as any great compilation should be. Give this
album a listen to see what all the buzz is about.
Track by Track:
Terrey Davey - Karin
A folksy acoustic guitar intro makes
for an unexpectedly enjoyable beginning to this diverse chilled
out odyssey of an album. So sit back, open your mind and float
away on clouds of smile-provoking guitar chords.
System 7 - Kupuri
(Mirror System Remix)
The intro track eases gently into
an electro-acoustic blend of guitar harmonics, world beat drum
arrangements and vocals, and warm, thick basslines. Minimalistic
and benevolent, System 7 keeps the atmosphere light and spacious...
sixteenth-note synth backgrounds get your brain waves in sync
while the drum and bass progresses subtly and smoothly. Very chilled
out and easy on the ears.
Slackbaba - Tsentak
Slackbaba definitely pushes the envelope
of his Eastern-influenced, abstract dub style with this third
addition. intricate sound patterns flit from left to right, expanding
the boundaries of the sound while chopped-up, delay-touched filtering
over electric piano adds a smooth, bluesy feel. The drumlines
are simply great and never stay the same... you'll keep looking
around for an invisible drummer you'd swear is sitting right next
to you, playing along.
Nagual Sound Experiment
- Completely Sideways
Nagual Sound Experiment, the side
project of Brighton's Mood Deluxe, takes a stride away from his
normally more "urban" sound to deliver a dubbed-out,
locally grown musical piece heavy on triplet syncopation and psychedelic
guitar. The name of this one fits so well because the masterful
beat arrangement gives the music a very lopsided feel, albeit
still very danceable. This piece highlight's well Cameron's expansive
musical potential... check it out.
Mood Deluxe - Mercury
Rising
Cameron follows up his downtempo
alterego with a lofty epic of a breakbeat track combining the
worlds of two-step with old-school melodic goa flavor. The bass
is warm, thick and slippery and your feet are sure to glide right
across it on the dancefloor! The trippy eastern female vocals
add an emotive spice to the audio ether. There are so many noises
that simply tickle the neurons in this one, and some insanely
good percussive breakdowns midway... if "Mercury" can't
get you moving, nothing will.
Organismic - On The
Air (Original Mix)
The first track in the second half
of this innovative compilation is a saga of a track... a safari
that is a change of flavor to what came before. At times haunting
and acid-etched, others retro and ethno-centric, "On The
Air" has as much ebb and flow as the Mississippi River. The
drums are well-filtered and pop at you in a front-to-back sort
of way you simpl don't hear in more two-dimensional tracks. This
piece is ten minutes very well spent.
Capsula - Golden Orb
Further down the spiral, "Golden
Orb" by Capsula is the sort of track born to be played loudly,
from deep within a mountain wilderness grove. Heady guitar, filtered
trance melodies make the "meat" of this one... From
the lows of the bass and kicks to the highest of the hats and
echoed synth squelches, this track has a great buildup in intensity
from beginning to end. This "Orb" will find its way
into many an outdoor event this coming season.
Phutureprimitive -
Innerverse
Open your mind to the unorthodox
when this track starts playing... Phutureprimitive follows every
musical tradition and none with this piece. Expect non-standard
note timings that arrest your attention and force you into the
details. The basslines are great, changing keys on you every so
often while drum beats bounce about all around you. Spacey pads
dissasociate you from your norms... and if you listen closely
enough, you'll find that what's between the notes is just as pleasing
as the notes themselves.
Zubzub - Inner Marine
Zubzub of the legendary Ozric Tentacles
delivers a cloudy dubtrance track rife with harmonic synth pad
resonance and retro old school spirals reminiscent of childhood
science shows on television. Flutes from both the Old and New
Worlds dance along with staccato electronic rhythms along a substrata
of elastic basslines, causing an atmosphere of musical convergence
created by a longtime veteran of electo-acoustic live music.
Terrey Davey - Liquid
Soul
Davey's outro of feartfelt classical
guitar brings this outstanding compilation around full circle
and leaves you in a sense of contented spiritual relaxation. Davey's
guitar art is intuitive and wholesome... the minds of Liquid were
ingenious to have him begin and end their newest comp this way...
by the ond of this CD you'll find yourself back where you started,
and feeling a little wiser for your trip.
