Title:
Society Of Inner Light
Label:
Liquid Sound Design
Released:
9th of September
Youth started the Society For Ancient Enchantment in 1999, with the intention of combining ritual, music performance, spoken word and DJ's to be able to dive deeper into the mystery and meditation of the music.
This created some legendary events and recordings and is directly connected to this Society of Inner Light album and future events. The inspiration behind this compilation goes back to the 1930's and "Dion Fortunes Order Of Inner Light ".
Some of her rituals in Bloomsbury were said to have ushered in the 1960's flower power era ... Our intention here is to facilitate that same intention and free the spirit of those times for our present and future tribal, dance floor, chill out gatherings and facilitate and create an esoteric counter culture that communicates to mind, body and spirit.
The
album begins with Tripswitch 'Collider' which begins in a tribal dub fashion before adding his distinctive progressive touches applying plenty of reverb in places
and the balance of the two styles on the whole works rather well.
This
is followed by the Youth re-mix of Kuba's 'By The Foot Of Your
Mountain' Where classic ska, dub, spoken word samples, horns and
harmonica are chopped up with the original Indian vibe to great
effect.
The
next track takes a more chilled out eastern dub-step approach with
the Youth re-mix of Elfic Circle's 'Om Beach'. The chilled out
atmosphere continues with Mixmaster Morris and his Ambient Sunrise
Mix of his alter ego Irresistible Force featuring Nick Turner (of
Hawkwind fame) and Youth's 'Duende' a stunningly gorgeous piece of
ambience further enhanced with Nick's accompaniment on the sax.
Then
we enter the dub wise riddim's with Brother Culture vs Youth in Dub
'Urban Rebel Dub' a
stereotypical speaker shaker featuring the dubbed out lyrical
meanderings of Brother Culture. This is followed by the Outer Space
Chug Dub of the Dub Trees featuring Jah Wobble 'King Of The Fairies'
and it's an aptly titled track where the tribal drums chug along with
plenty of dubbed out fx with the odd vocal snippets sounding quiet
different from the original piece. The album closes with the Youth
re-mix of Mycal 'I Wonder What Happened In The Future' which picks up
the pace somewhat and utilises those classic ska sounds again along
with the catchy vocal chant.
Overall
I really like this album I'd go as far to say it's probably my
favourite of the L.S.D. releases over the last couple of years. It
may not contain a great number of tracks but everyone's a winner for
me.
Reviewed
by Woodzee.
Links
https://liquidsounddesign.bandcamp.com/
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