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Tides
Prelude - (1:40) 73 BPM
Snow Day - (3:28) 77 BPM
Catching Flies & Imaginary Friend - "The Last Phone Call" - (2:23) 79 BPM Hot
Review: Catching Flies, the moniker of George King, delivers his most emotional and cohesive project yet with this album, Tides. Collaborating closely with string arranger Thomas Lea, known for his work with Adele, Bonobo, and Rhye, Catching Flies explores the theme of 'ebbs and flows', reflecting on personal and global experiences over the past few years. The album beautifully captures the cyclical nature of life, anchored by a singular sense of purpose and intricate musicality. From the melodic mesh of harp samples and soaring strings in the lead single "Halo" to the deeply textured and soulful exploration of tracks like "Spring" and "The Last Phone Call" - Catching Flies blends live instrumentation with warm electronic beats.
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IS 060
05 Apr 24
Daydream Utopia
Extraordinary Measures - (1:33) 69 BPM
Chris Coco & Yoshiharu Takeda - "Leap Year" - (3:39) 77 BPM
Serenity Test - (2:38) 77 BPM
Played by: George solar
Review: Daydream Utopia emerges as a deep journey into atmospheric downtempo & electronica, designed for immersive listening experiences if only brief! Evoking a sense of inner and outer space exploration, the album's ethereal soundscapes offer a soundtrack for introspection and dreaming realities by blending warm analog tones with futuristic nostalgia. Chris Coco invites listeners to ponder existential questions while navigating their own thoughts, offering a place for balance, clarity and purpose should you get it. From the enigmatic "Synesthesia" to the introspective "Tokyo Ame," each composition sparks curiosity, whether it's decoding hidden meanings or exploring the depths of human connection. For lovers of ambient synth!
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DSPPR 080
05 Apr 24
Can You Ride A Camel?
Price Of Freedom - (8:41) 70 BPM
Spark - (7:20) 67 BPM
Welcome To The Dark Net - (8:10) 68 BPM
Review: Noor apparently means 'light' in both Hebrew and Arabic, so it's a fitting name for a project that sees Israeli psy-trance veteran Ofer Dikovsky, AKA Oforia, blending a wide range of Middle Eastern musical influences with an equally wide range of western, electronic flavours. 'Can You Ride A Camel?' is his second long-player released under the Noor banner and really is an incredibly diverse affair, ranging over the course of its 1h 47m from the downtempo, jazzy and Balearic-leaning to pumping trance, techno and breaks... sometimes within the course of a single track! Not gonna pick any standouts here, because this is a truly unique-sounding album that really deserves to be heard in its entirety.
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SHAMAN 067
11 Apr 24
Butter Notes
Regrets Memories And Dreams - (7:57) 79 BPM
Review: Trip-hop/downtempo veterans The Deadbeats return with what by our reckoning is their sixth album, and their fifth on their own Space Hopper label. 'Butter Notes' opens with the Massive Attack-esque 'I Don't Believe' - all luxuriant strings and looping rap vocal snips - then moves on through six more slices of prime mid-paced chillage, blending influences from Balearica, broken beat, lo-fi hip-hop and funk before concluding with the suitably epic and expansive 'Am I Eternal'. If you've enjoyed any of their previous albums you're highly likely to enjoy this one as well, with the standout for this reviewer being 'Dark Forest', which adds some dubby flourishes to what it otherwise a fairly standardised blueprint. Still, if ain't broke, etc...
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12 Apr 24
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