You had me at "Intelligent Cafe Del Mar"
will give a listen
On Thu, Aug 20, 2020 at 12:30 PM Laurent Knauth <laurent.knauth@gmail.com>
wrote:
quoted 45 lines Hi Guys,> Hi Guys,
>
> A few words about this release, for those who didn't hear it yet.
> This is some kind of a digital privitivism album, glassy/FM tones and
> physical acoustic percussion playing forefront melodies and drums, whilst
> the background is illustrated with birds and nature ambiences.
>
> Let's have a brief overview.
>
> *1. Yelli :* this opening track just nails the overall album tonality —
> i.e. the aforementioned «digital primitivism».
> *2. Cocoa* : *nice minimal Larry Heard-like syncopated «tribal» house
> introspective «Donk» sequence.
> *3. Palmas* :* my favorite track, due to its unexpectedly pulsating
> character — reminds me Pink Floyd's More trancey «Main Theme».
> *4. Honey* :* this Norken-like melancholic track exhibits the most
> lyrical and touching melody in my opinion.
> *5. Cape Cira* : *don't know what the title stands for, but this chill
> out «balearic» track — a good one —, makes the junction between the first —
> percussive — half of the album, and the more atmospheric second one.
> *6. Bluefin :* a bit of a Subsonic Park touch i think.
> *7. In the pines : *another melody-oriented track, played by some
> sinewave «epiano» ; a sporadic digital choir brings in some «Miami» accents.
> *8. Happened :* some static noisy pad sprinkled with some highpassed
> dialogue fragments and discreet bubbly feedbacks — maybe this is just the
> plane taking you back home ?
>
> *(*) 2 to 5 are the standout tracks to me.*
>
> Although rRoxymore first comes to mind, i find that these tracks slightly
> echo Aqua Bassino's EPs if you allow me this comparison, even if these
> artists don't have much in common. Jason Robertson expressed a much more
> polite balearism, but both of them eventually share some soothing
> contemplative «summer vibez». Aqua Bassino was from Scotland by the way,
> whilst K-Lone is in the UK.
>
> If you like euclidean and sinewave-generated naive percussions and
> islander abstractions, this is for you.
> And for as pure are they are, these tones do not avoid feelings.
>
> For lack of strict IDM, you still might call this an «Intelligent Cafe Del
> Mar» album.
> Upon the return from vacation and as the confinement days approach again,
> this is pretty welcome.
>