Title:
Mirage Remixed
Label:
Self Release
Released:
16th December
After
ten years of fusing global and psychedelic sounds with electronica RS
have amassed an ever growing network of fellow producers. So they
decided to offer their biggest selling album so far to a number of
their friends and rising electronic musicians and this album is the
result.
The
release begins with a re-mix of 'Into the Desert' by themselves. The
piece begins in a drone like manner creating a spacious feel around
the accompanying tribal drums. The main body is a heady mix of spacey
synth tones and dubbed out bass lines with some haunting interludes
setting a good standard for their guests to live up to. Next up is
the Space Jesus re-mix of 'A Broken Reality' a stop-start temple bass
number which toys with both the harmonious eastern vocal and fx in
the obligatory manner to reach the desired effect.
While
Audioglider changes the mood and takes 'An Echo is a Shadow of Sound' into the realms of
Balearic chill. The piece chugs along nicely between the elongated and
beatless vocal breakdown … lovely stuff. The style then switches back
again with Essek's re-work of 'Sullen Choirboy' where dirty dub-step intermittently pokes it's ugly head above a chilled out backdrop.
Kurbeat's
take on 'Sigogglin' builds a crescendo early on but jumps ship before
the peak toying with the acoustics Balkan and reggae sounds in a
twisted yet fluid manner. Whereas Supersillyus delivers a lush slice of
psy-dub with his re-work of 'Time Dilation' which in places felt
reminiscent of Warp Technique. Once again there's plenty of toying
around with the vocal samples and lush harmonies resulting in a sterling version.
The mood switches once again with Skytree and Jake Spikes re-interpretation of 'Bhagwan' a
dark carnatic hip-hop fusion with psychedelic, pagan and alien themed
lyrics. A combination that rarely fails for me. The album then winds down with the RS duo again on 'Leaving the Desert' an outro of drone like fuzzy low frequency
ambience and sparse piano bass notes with distorted prayers.
Pre-order
and also receive an exclusive bonus track 'Mirage Remixed (Sliced Up
and Slowed Down)'
Reviewed
by Woodzee.
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