Review: Hailing from Hoboken, New Jersey (birthplace of Frank Sinatra), Joey Anderson has released two previous long-players on Dekmantel. Here, though, he comes to Los Angeles-based Avenue 66 with an album that sits somewhere between deep house, indie-dance and experimental electronica. Anderson's mournful, Yorke-like vocals on cuts like 'Beside Me' and 'Cindy' won't suit everyone, but if you're looking for deep, drifty house grooves to see you through the wee small hours then the likes of 'Bounce With It' and 'Can Not', both drawing heavily on early Chi-town/acid tropes, should do the job nicely, while 'Heaven Help Us' or 'Ocean' will suit those who like things a little more leftfield.
Review: Avenue 66 is part of the same group as the Acid Test and Absurd labels, and previously has put out records by Lowtec and Joey Anderson. For this outing, it focuses on the lesser-known artist, Trux. The tone of Orbiter is also low-key; tracks like "With It" and "Roy's Garage" occupy a space beyond the dance floor, where blurry synths and dusty, low-tempo beats prevail. Indeed, tracks like "In My World" - which hints at early Aphex Twin ambience - and the easy listening "Esestee" are imbued with such a meandering sense of understatement, that it's impossible not to be won over by Trux's charms. Orbiter is indeed a triumph of the meek.
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