| 1 | D.M.T. Express | 4:56 | ||
| 2 | Rue Des Roses | 7:56 | ||
| 3 | Caraibo Grove | 6:21 | ||
| 4 | Voodoo Love | 6:24 | ||
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Vocals -
Miroka
,
Stephane Holweck
Written-By - Michio Baba Written-By, Vocals, Saxophone - Guillaume Thevenin | ||||
| 5 | Hikari Land | 4:45 | ||
| Guitar - Guillaume Thevenin | ||||
| 6 | Kia (Toirés Remix) | 5:58 | ||
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Remix -
Toirés
Written-By - Florian Seriot* | ||||
| 7 | Dematerializer | 7:24 | ||
| Written-By - Michio Baba | ||||
| 8 | Pneumatic Bleeps | 4:03 | ||
| 9 | Spirit Of The Deep | 5:59 | ||
| Written-By - Florian Leniaud | ||||
| 10 | Sleeping Among Trees | 6:15 | ||
Sofa Beats is a new downbeat sub label to Danish power house label Iboga Records. As the first release comes the second album from Digital Mystery Tour, which is a French downbeat collective spear headed by goa trance legend Stephane Holweck (Total Eclipse, early Juno Reactor, M.O.T.Y., etc). In D.M.T. Holweck is joined by a number of collaborators including Florian Seriot (Toirés, Asia 2001) and other notable chill/trance big-shots… D.M.T.’s self-titled debut album was released on Twisted Records in 2001 to much critical acclaim, so the expectations for this follow-up have been huge… Let’s find out if they were met…
This is definitely a fine album – and it’s nice to see that an acclaimed veteran like Holweck still can compete on such a high level… He sure hasn’t lost his touch, and a solid half of these tracks are really, really good… There are no bad tracks here, but some of them don’t really do that much for me… Journey-wise this album also works pretty well – peaking towards the middle…
The artwork is very… Errmm…Orange! And that’s all I have to say about that! Anyway, this is not the best downbeat album I’ve heard this year, but the stand-out tracks are indeed excellent and validate a purchase! This should appeal to most fans of chill, ambient and experimental downbeat… Enjoy!
Favourites: 2(!!), 3, 5(!), 6(!!), 9