Journeyman ‎– Mama 6

Paul Frankland has left the modern electronic music world and has gone into space, in search for a cosmic environment where his music is at place. 3001 is an unbelievable track that is without any doubt one of the most epic dance productions in the history of music. Threatening, spatial and alienating. With 3001 Paul Frankland has created a 20 minute journey inside a parallel universe where we become weightless entities, pure energy and nothing but spirit.

Listening to Journeyman's album, MAMA 6, you might think that you're drifting in outer space, especially as the slow growl and reversed beats of "Valves" filter into your brain, but that's before the Middle Eastern woodwinds and the ringing triangle enter the fray. But this all comes before the bliss of "Estarlay," with a beat and subtle bass throb to cement down the overhead tones. The blues that kick off "Mama 6, Pt. 1" suggest a more terrestrial presence, but it's an ephemeral sample before the high, ringing ambience. But the track never stays still: it wanders into some ethnic percussion and a funk bass then back into beatlessness. Voices continually drop in and out of the mix. And, at some point, the track designations lose meaning, as the album becomes a continuous, holistic journey (though "Latneiro [Woob's Sunrise Dub]" does traffic in the ethnic sounds much more). "Mama 6, Pt. 2" is much heavier on the dub influence, and the final track, "3001 (Edit)" keeps that dub... at least until the faster beats kick in. Thoroughly immersive.

Deep, calm ambient with soft techno-house beats. Wonderful record involving the listener in to the journey inside of some peacefull world. Not as dancefull as it could be but with warm chill that envelop your brain and leads you to sleep. I have this more than 10 years and listening to it up to our days.