Swell Session – Swell Communications
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| 1 | Swell Session vs. Domu Feat. Elsa Esmeralda – |
A Heart To Cover
Featuring – Elsa Esmeralda Performer, Producer – Andreas Saag, Dominic Stanton Vocals – Andreas Saag, Elsa Hedberg |
1:58 | |
| 2 | Swell Session vs. Domu Feat. Elsa Esmeralda – |
A Heart To Cover
Featuring – Elsa Esmeralda Performer, Producer – Andreas Saag, Dominic Stanton Vocals – Andreas Saag, Elsa Hedberg |
4:59 | |
| 3 | Swell Session vs. Lyric L Feat. Anni Elif – |
Right Off The Beat
Featuring – Anni Elif Performer, Producer – Andreas Saag Vocals – Anni Egecioglu Written-by [Rap] – Lyric L |
5:41 | |
| 4 | Swell Session vs. Mr. Scruff Feat. Elsa Esmeralda – |
No No
Featuring – Elsa Esmeralda Performer, Producer – Andreas Saag Vocals – Andy Carthy, Elsa Hedberg |
5:07 | |
| 5 | Swell Session vs. Seiji Feat. Ernesto – |
Prepared To Go
Featuring – Ernesto Performer, Producer – Andreas Saag, Paul Dolby Vocals – Jonatan Bäckelie |
6:52 | |
| 6 | Swell Session vs. Kasio Feat. Hosni Boudali* – |
Better Work That Body
Featuring – Hosni Boudali* Performer, Producer – Andreas Saag, Kim Rantala Piano – Andreas Saag Synthesizer [Bassline Additional Synths] – Kim Rantala Written-by [Vocals] – Hosni Boudali* |
5:04 | |
| 7 | Swell Session vs. Landslide Feat. Paul Mac Innes – |
Had It Comin'
Performer, Producer – Andreas Saag, Tim Land Vocals, Featuring – Paul Mac Innes |
5:23 | |
| 8 | Swell Session vs. Earl Zinger – |
Doing The Mambo In A Border Town
Performer, Producer – Andreas Saag Vocals – Robert Gallagher* |
4:25 | |
| 9 | Swell Session vs. Jimpster Feat. Elsa Esmeralda – |
The Girl
Featuring – Elsa Esmeralda Performer, Producer – Andreas Saag, Jamie Odell Saxophone – Eric Liftig Vocals – Elsa Hedberg |
7:03 | |
| 10 | Swell Session vs. Simbad Feat. Escapade (3) – |
Shine You Out
Featuring – Escapade (3) Performer, Producer – Andreas Saag, Simbad Stanislas* Vocals [Chorus Vocals By] – Jonatan Bäckelie, May Wedelin Written-by [Rap] – Emelia Kenlock, Linda Nartey |
4:24 | |
| 11 | Swell Session vs. Capitol A Feat. Noah* – |
This Time
Bass, Guitar – Kalle Ekeroth Lyrics By [Rap] – Antoine Green Performer, Producer – Andreas Saag Vocals [Chorus Vocals By], Featuring – Noah Tewolde |
4:52 | |
| 12 | Swell Session vs. Mark De Clive-Lowe Feat. Anni Elif – |
All Of Me
Drums [Jazz] – Efraim Kent Featuring – Anni Elif Performer, Producer – Andreas Saag, Mark De Clive-Lowe Trumpet – Nils Krogh Vocals – Anni Egecioglu |
6:54 | |
| 13 | Swell Session vs. Masa* – |
Masa's Theme
Performer, Producer – Andreas Saag Saxophone – Masato Nakamura, Paul Lachenardière Vocals – Andreas Saag, Elsa Hedberg, Paula Sannerholm |
5:54 |
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Lyric L, you know, the rapper behind the biggest Seiji hit, joins in another catchy hip hop tune, and the swedish wonder Elsa returns for one of the better songs in the album, produced by Mr Scruff, where the mix of jazzy disco-pop and modern production works wonderfully. It has more similarities to Mr Scruff than to Andreas, by the way.
The Seiji track is the most pure broken beat one and a pure celebration of the style. With a rhythm pattern that is pure Bugz in the attic, there is syncopation everywhere, rhodes, and a very catchy chorus. One of my favourites too.
But then the vocals start to detract. Elsa Esmeralda shines everywhere she sings and the Simbad coproduction is another good broken tune, but the Capitol A rapping sounds tired. Two beautiful productions end the album, one with the piano sounds from the talented Mark de Clive-Lowe and another which is Saag himself... but as it happens with most of those albums, the only thing that is clear is that the production is very crisp, very good, spectacular, but the composition isn't as inspired. There are very few risks there, the hip hop tunes sound too comercial and bland, some vocal tunes do not work. At the end you find yourself admiring the talent, but really liking only some part of it (the first songs). Something that, sadly, was common in broken beat albums.