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Reviews & Discussion:
A Guy Called Gerald - Essence
Dec 16, 2008
Thievery Corporation - Radio Retaliation
Oct 15, 2008
As by default the Washington DC based duo has put out another great album. You can tell the splendid tunes off the first chords, eg 'Sweet Tides' or 'La Femme Parallel', but as usual there are tracks to discover over the time that only get better if listened for multiple times, eg 'The Shining Path', I'd say the best track of the album which also has all the ingredients required for the regular Thievery track. And of course as you can tell from the title of 'The Shining Path', it once again goes political.
A lot of ethnic material on this one. A must have album.
Jazz Liberatorz - Clin D'Oeil
Sep 29, 2008
Quite frankly there are too few albums like this one to get the image of violent and mostly crappy gangstarapping off the Hip Hop. It's unfortunate Guru, Mos Def, Tableek and other fellas relating to this particular genre get lost in between the mainstream MTV-promoted (c)rap.
It's very hard to point out the very best tracks on the album cos it's equally superb and surely a must-have for all of you appreciating French Hip Hop. Let's hope this is not the last album of these Hip Hop liberators.
Future Loop Foundation - Time And Bass
Sep 07, 2008
The album is surely underrated, no doubt about that. Tracks like Discovery or Kinetic Pioneers are the absolute niceness of Jungle classics. You can easily compare it with Goldie's work of 1995, eg Inner City Life.
The atmosphere, the vibes, the grooves make it hardly believable this music heads back to 96. If you take a listen to Discovery, it's composition is flawless making it a good looking piece for Progression Sessions alongside Bukem, Seba, PFM or Mr Parkes of Code of Practice. This is a must-have album for anyone who appreciates Jungle. For those who still don't have it, grab it from iTunes Plus.
Org Lounge - ORG Lounge
Oct 03, 2007
Absolutely one of the best Jazzstep albums ever made. Jungling beat constructions with great jazz instruments like contrabass, sax and flute mastered into a complex but yet entertaining and cheerful fusion groove.
You'll not find any moderate tunes on this album. All 12 tracks are equally superb in composition and detail. And even though it might sound like it has no tekkie skills but the most natural ways of fusion jazz composition, last track on the album, Paranormal Synthesis, shows off in quite a way and is very much like what we have seen on the A Guy Called Gerald's Essence for instance but of course in a more positive vibe. That seems to be essential for Ole Roar Granli's songs. This is a must-have album for any Lounge Café. The best of Norwegian flavour. | ||||
AGCG is the pioneer. The skill involved to make these compositions Re the drums programming and bassline, is unbeatable. The fills, deep and partly dark vibes combined with true jazzy vocals make this album a masterpiece with the sounds that even after 8 years of the release still sound like the ones of the future.