Review: Two years after reissuing the Sublunar Oracles album, an ambient house and ambient techno masterpiece from 1992, Safe Trip has once again delved into the archives of Trans4m (AKA Belgian brothers Stefan and Dimtri van Elsen). This time, they've chosen to showcase hard-to-find reworks of album tracks released around the same time, throwing in an unreleased cut - the utterly gorgeous, sunrise-ready ambient swell of 'Butterflies' - for good measure. Highlights of a superb EP include the organ-sporting, US garage-influenced Urban Tribe mix of 'Dencity' - loved-up deep house at its finest - the immersive ambient techno stomp that is the 'Moon Mix' of 'Amma', and the rubbery ambient house delight that is 'Arrival (Remix)'.
Review: The sixth release of Amsterdam record label Safe Trip brings together a few dozen ambient tracks from Japanese twin brothers Satoshi & Makoto from Kawasaki. The whole album's beats, melodies and musical phrases come from the Casio Cz-5000: which gives the record its name. Label chief Young Marco discovered their music via YouTube videos, which the two musicians had recorded in order to illustrate the possibilities of the aforementioned instrument and most of the material was said to be influenced by acts like The Orb and Yellow Magic Orchestra. According to the label, it is largely of an ambient nature, positive mood and possibly alien origin.
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