Title:
Firedance
Label:
Interchill
Released:
13th May 2014
Seb
Taylor the mastermind behind the Kaya Project has released his music
in many guises, from the synthetic chill of Hibernation and the
global lounge of Angel Tears to Bio-Tones tech-house re-mixes to
name a few. It seems whichever, style organic or synthetic he turns
his mind to it works well. This is the fifth album released on
Interchill in his Kaya Project guise, the last album 'Desert Phase'
travelled across continents with field or rather desert recordings,
reflected with the music from country blues to the sounds of Arabia.
The
album launch for 'Firedance' took place recently at one of London's
premier chill spots the InSpiral Lounge with support from
Whirl-Y-Gig's Monkey Pilot. Having seen it advertised on my last
visit I quite fancied going but was sadly unable to make it. So
making do with the recorded audio I'll press on.
This
album features the sultry vocals of two previous collaborators, Irina
Mikhailova and Natasha Chamberlain as well as Pearce van der Merwe on
Flute. Seb's production takes us on a journey through down-tempo Arabic
numbers and chilled strings to upbeat tribal percussion. The title
track 'Firedance' for example is a smouldering hot pot of Arabesque
strings, African chants, percussion and Gypsy violin balanced beautifully with chilled
breakdowns. Despite the quantity of sounds and styles input into the
track it flows far smoother than it sounds. With 'Todero' on the
other hand all I can picture in my minds eye is a swirling dervish
dance carried along by Irina's lucid voice which while dominating your attention the accompanying music adds but never distracts. While 'The Phoenix Rises'
takes a step back into chilled guitar strings with an almost orchestral feel in places a gorgeous backdrop for Natasha's
wonderfully ethereal tones.
This
album will definitely appeal to fans of previous Kaya Project
releases, Irinas own music and that of other projects such as Star
Sounds Orchestra and Lumin and possibly Vas, Dead Can Dance or Irfan.
Review
by Woodzee.
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