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DJ Muscat
Reviewed 2016-01-29
Reviewed 2016-01-29
Genre: ambient, drone, trip-hop
Floating, weightless tunes from King Midas Sound (the Bug, Roger Robinson, and Kiki Hitomi) and Fennesz. Not as deliciously noisy as Fennesz’s solo work, but still a great album that sucks you into its universe. The first of four collaborative releases….excited to see where they take this next. Moody, drowsy, majestic music.
Others: The Bug, Grouper, Portishead, Dirty Beaches, Loscil
Favorites: 2, 8, 1, 6, 9, 5, 4. No discernible FCCs.
1. (4:43) *** Mysteries - Cumulonimbus chords…cool indistinct underbelly of noise. Half asleep male vocals.
2. (3:33) *** On My Mind - Female vox. Steamy…very reminiscent of the first side of the Bug’s most recent album (which was AWESOME). Distinct beat.
3. (7:25) Waves - Droney opening. Lullaby-core. Male vocals.
4. (5:51) Loving or Leaving - Quiet, industrial. A soulful voice pierces through the gloom. A very Bug-like bass line. Fragile. Thick, wall of sound outro.
5. (5:10) ** Melt - Drum machine loop. Subtle beeps. Cool futuristic rainforest vibe. Spoken, buried male vocals. Overtaken by a rising drone.
6. (5:04) ** Lighthouse - Delay-drenched guitar and synthesizer. Peaceful ambient waves. Feels almost like a reprise of track 1. Male vox.
7. (13:56) Above Water - A calm sea of ambience. Mysterious, undulating. Write up Dr. Info’s alley.
8. (5:43) *** We Walk Together - Dense crackling. Very Portishead. Beatless, cinematic. Neo-noir at its finest.
9. (8:07) ** Our Love - Ghostly, dense. Male vocals. High rays of synthesizer pierce through the murk.
Floating, weightless tunes from King Midas Sound (the Bug, Roger Robinson, and Kiki Hitomi) and Fennesz. Not as deliciously noisy as Fennesz’s solo work, but still a great album that sucks you into its universe. The first of four collaborative releases….excited to see where they take this next. Moody, drowsy, majestic music.
Others: The Bug, Grouper, Portishead, Dirty Beaches, Loscil
Favorites: 2, 8, 1, 6, 9, 5, 4. No discernible FCCs.
1. (4:43) *** Mysteries - Cumulonimbus chords…cool indistinct underbelly of noise. Half asleep male vocals.
2. (3:33) *** On My Mind - Female vox. Steamy…very reminiscent of the first side of the Bug’s most recent album (which was AWESOME). Distinct beat.
3. (7:25) Waves - Droney opening. Lullaby-core. Male vocals.
4. (5:51) Loving or Leaving - Quiet, industrial. A soulful voice pierces through the gloom. A very Bug-like bass line. Fragile. Thick, wall of sound outro.
5. (5:10) ** Melt - Drum machine loop. Subtle beeps. Cool futuristic rainforest vibe. Spoken, buried male vocals. Overtaken by a rising drone.
6. (5:04) ** Lighthouse - Delay-drenched guitar and synthesizer. Peaceful ambient waves. Feels almost like a reprise of track 1. Male vox.
7. (13:56) Above Water - A calm sea of ambience. Mysterious, undulating. Write up Dr. Info’s alley.
8. (5:43) *** We Walk Together - Dense crackling. Very Portishead. Beatless, cinematic. Neo-noir at its finest.
9. (8:07) ** Our Love - Ghostly, dense. Male vocals. High rays of synthesizer pierce through the murk.
Recent airplay
Above Water
subwoofer etc — Jul 28, 2016
On My Mind
All Passion No Technique — Mar 31, 2016
On My Mind
All Passion No Technique — Mar 24, 2016
We Walk Together
it's not bass music — Mar 22, 2016
Our Love
Music Casserole — Mar 19, 2016
Waves
[press enter to exit] — Mar 16, 2016
Charting
2016-02-02 — 2016-04-02
Electronic, Classical/Experimental
| Week Ending | Airplays |
|---|---|
| Apr 3 | 1 |
| Mar 27 | 2 |
| Mar 20 | 2 |
| Mar 13 | 3 |
| Mar 6 | 4 |
| Feb 28 | 4 |
| Feb 21 | 2 |
| Feb 14 | 4 |
Track listing
| 1. | Mysteries | ||
| 2. | On My Mind | ||
| 3. | Waves | ||
| 4. | Loving Or Leaving | ||
| 5. | Melt | ||
| 6. | Lighthouse | ||
| 7. | Above Water | ||
| 8. | We Walk Together | ||
| 9. | Our Love |