ARTIST: VARIOUS
TITLE: EARTH OCTAVE LOUNGE - VOLUME 2
LABEL: INTERCHILL RECORDS
CAT # ICHILLCD019
RELEASE DATE: MAY 2005
The long awaited follow up compilation to the original 2002 release… Earth Octave Lounge - Volume 2 seamlessly traverses through a collection of lush lounge moods and global ambient gems. With slight more depth in emotion than its predecessor compilation, the journey evolves from Montreal’s M-Seven - a classical orchestration of lounge savvy dub rhythms and west Mediterranean instrumentation. Passionate forces converge in the beautifully haunting song “La Rosa”, based upon a traditional Sephardic wedding song, and developed by the newly formed San Francisco duo Aquila, it features the vocals of Irina Mikhailova and instrumentation of David Battenfield.
Next up and coming from Finland is Overflow, who offers up a serving of pure chill out bliss. A solo project of Jygen Sachau’s expressions into the world of relaxed tunes when not being the co-pilot of psy-trance project Hypersonic Whomen. Next up in the Scandinavian connection is Dag Wallin aka Human Blue with a sneaker of a straight up jam of dancing rimshots, congas and deep rolling bass lines that ultimately give a sense of natural elevation.
The pace settles in as we gracefully enter into the luscious and sultry east European sounds of Crystalline. Produced by the prolific and talented Dream Dokter aka Mere Mortals, Weed, and Nemos, all guided through by vocalist Cristina Handrabur. A brilliant composition comes next with Canada’s Guru Shishya as lazy waltzing piano chords melt into jazzy infusions of indian blues and classical string progressions - a satisfying piece of quintessential downtempo. Straight on the wings comes the irresistible ambient dub headz excursion of the very talented Liquid Stranger -one of several projects going for Swedish based Martin Stääf … we can rest assured his projects will be heard of more in due time. The skys clear in pristine fashion as the UK’s Alucidnation aka Bruce Bickerton of Big Chill fame, offers us a timeless gem of arpegiatted enoesque bliss. Nestled on a trance inducing rhythm of soft kicks, rides and bouncing bass the huge string orchestrations clear all the clouds away. A good time to Return…. a track produced by Swedish newcomer Fredrik Ohr. A craftsman of harmony, space and sonic textures, the song takes us through a universal intimate story line of nostalgia and home. Exploring the inner spheres of the mythical and magical is Bay Area (SF, USA) artist Mystical Sun, with a track of profound altitude in praise of the Halo in view. The forces that have wound themselves upwards now subside in natural dub formations, as Adham Shaikh guides us gently back to earth with a remix from the classic 1996 instinct records Drift album featuring Tim Floyd on guitars.
TRACK LIST:
1. M-7 - Electronic Flip
2. Aquila – Rosa
3. Overflow – Ruuhilampi
4. Human Blue - Beautiful Stranger
5. Crystalline - A Sigh Becomes A Thousand Trees
6. Guru Shishya - Cagian
7. Liquid Stranger - Political Finga
8. Alucidnation - Skygazer (3002 remix)
9. Fredrik Ohr – Return
10. Mystical Sun – Halo
11. Drift - Ember (Rem-Ember Mix)
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