Dan Wainwright 'Om Nama Shivaya' Review

Artist: Dan Wainwright

Title: Om Nama Shivaya

Label: Oddball Records

Released: See below

This is the first vinyl outing from Oddball Records head honcho Dan Wainwright. A Liverpool based producer who blends a heady concoction of influences that span the decades, from the psychedelic sounds of 60’s rock and pop, 70’s disco, 80’s electro and 90’s Balearic and electronic dance with a modern twist.

The title track takes the spiritual vibes of the Indian vocals and classical instruments and subtly balances them with synths and electronic percussion. The Rude Audio re-mix is anything but subtle, with slow and hard hitting electronic breaks that make a nest for the Indian chants and sitar.

The flip side ‘Cosmic Conciousness (We Are One) is more of a dubby chugger that travels from speaker to speaker alongside a suitable narrative and lovely percussion. Whilst A Space Aged Freakout retain all the essential elements of the original with a dubby modular synth re-working.

You can listen and choose to fund the records release of through Qrates until the end date of the 8^th of October. With the added bonus of downloading the digital versions while you wait.

Reviewed by Woodzee

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https://qrates.com/projects/21149

https://oddballrecords.bandcamp.com/

Dan Wainwright 'The Effect' Review

Artist: Dan Wainwright

Title: The Effect

Label: Oddball Records

Released: 26^th January

This up-and-coming single produced by the boss of this previously unknown to me Liverpool based label was inspired by a dog training class, where the teachers moved in circles faster and faster all the time, otherwise this would not achieve the ‘effect’. This struck Dan as cult like and ritualistic as he imagined heavy percussion and summoning demons. My introduction lies in the first of the two re-mixers Leeds based John Paynter who hosts the Space Aged Freakout radio show/event and has recently warmed up for none other than Andrew Weatherall and Sean Johnson at their A Love From Outer Space event. The other guys on remix duties are psychedelic rock group Children of Night who draw inspiration from Pink Floyd’s ‘A Saucerful of Secrets’ album.

The original track sets me in mind of the Art of Noise a semi funky nod back to the 80’s, chugging along with a heavy plodding tribal beat. Whilst John places the emphasis on eerie theramin like sounds stretching off the bassline. Which lives up to the ‘Space Aged’ moniker, being reminiscent of those old sci-fi movies and in my opinion it works a treat. Last but not least the Children of Night’s ritualistic re-vision is another superb adaptation of the original, this full band re-working features heavy percussion and plenty of echo alongside the guitars.

Review by Woodzee

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