| Stott, Jef / Saracen |
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| Album: | Saracen | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Stott, Jef | Added: | Jun 2008 | |
| Label: | Six Degrees Records | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2008-07-13 | Pull Date: | 2008-09-14 | Charts: | RPM/Electronica |
| Week Ending: | Sep 14 | Sep 7 | Aug 31 | Aug 24 | Aug 10 | Aug 3 | Jul 27 | Jul 20 |
| Airplays: | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Dec 26, 2008: | Post Holiday Traumatic Stress Disorder Medina Stepper | 4. | Sep 11, 2008: | An Epiphany Of Sound - Library Science (LIVE) Overland, Axis (Evolve), Overland, Medina Stepper, Lamaset (Miami Mix) | |
| 2. | Oct 25, 2008: | New World Disorder Sono (Album Version) | 5. | Sep 06, 2008: | Lost and Found Faqir, Medina Stepper | |
| 3. | Sep 13, 2008: | New World Disorder Medina Stepper | 6. | Aug 28, 2008: | press and release Medina Stepper |
| Album Review |
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| Sadie O. Reviewed 2008-07-15 | ||
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Jef Stott – Saracen Reviewed by Sadie O., 7/1/08 Middle Eastern meets electronica in dub. Local artist and guests. Mostly very moody and dark and mysterious, in a good way. Pieces go through a lot of changes and involve a lot of musical elements. Compares very favorably to Cheb-I-Sabbah. Everything is gorgeous and involves interesting combinations. Excellent! FCCs – nothing in English, doubtful anyway. I like 5 and 6 best. 1. ***strong midtempo electronic dance beat that turns into belly dance beat with the addition of hand drums. Low register instrumentation, great sound. 2. ***random Arabic vocals and percussion, a bit of downtempo groove, then midtempo traditional sound with a reggae back beat. 3. *glitch intro, then very dark chords. Dance beat, but very somber feel. 4. **DARK chord, and very odd, breathy flute. Unique, warbly but low vocals. 5. ****uptempo oud and handdrums, funky electronics, guest vocals by MC Rai. Killer stuff! 6. ****electronics, a bit of darkness and menace, then seriously funky beat (and darkness and menace.) 7. ***electronic drones, percussion slowly added in, midtempo belly dance beat, continuing to… evolve. More vocals by MC Rai – really quite gorgeous. LONG fade. 8. **extremely soft electronic intro, then louder but still rather formless for first minute. Swingy syncopated beat, lyricless vocals. Adds elements and gets prettier as it goes along. 9. **fairly dramatic intro, electronic squeepy beat, very “jungle” with just overlaid elements of Arabic instrumentation. 10. ***soft and somber intro, then bits of instruments and vocals cobbled together, dub beat and production. Very subdued, but very cool. Long fade. | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Lamaset (Miami Mix) | 6. | Faqir | |||
| 2. | Sono (Album Version) | 7. | Axis (Evolve) | |||
| 3. | Ashk | 8. | Overland | |||
| 4. | Saracen (Eye Of Horus Vocal Mix) | 9. | Blissm'lah (Darbuka Re-Mix) | |||
| 5. | Medina Stepper | 10. | Aegean Dub |