Artist : Banco De Gaia
Title: All Sleeping
Label: Disco Gecko Recordings
Release Date: 21st September 2013
The original begins in a
manner which reminds me of the field recording sound fx’s employed in Pink
Floyds “Animals” and is soon joined by cinematic sounding synths and flutes
reminding me why Toby Marks initially made such an impact when I first came
across him on the Ambient Dub compliation’s of the early 90’s. I’d draw further
comparison to Pink Floyd when the accompanying guitar enters the fold soon
followed by a pleasant loop forming a cohesive ambient whole that as the title
suggests sets a peaceful relaxing mood.
First up on the Re-Mix
duties are California’s
Desert Dwellers who immediately change the mood with a deep dubby bassline,
glitchy wobbles and an Eastern undertone. The re-mix doesn’t really stand out
as the same track. However, I have to say I like it. This is followed by Seb
Taylor’s ambient project Hibernation which for me high-lights the cinematic
sounds yet at the same time employs more bass with a tribal feel to the
percussion in places. The final track is re-mixed by Mistrust which is a name I’ve
only recently noticed has started to surface. This take is more dubby with
sporadic beats where the original sounds at times seems to take a back seat only brought
to the forefront in convenient places.
Overall, I’d say this is a
well produced cinematic sounding piece of Eastern edged ambience that one has
come to expect from the Banco De Gaia brand packaged with re-mixes where the
artists have taken their time to think, rather than plugging for the
obvious.
Reviewed by Woodzee
