Kaya Project 'Seed E.P.' Review

 

Artist:

Kaya Project

Title:

Seed E.P.

Label:

Self Release

Released:

30^th of October

'Seed' is the brand new single from Kaya Project, featuring Six fresh remixes by Somatoast, Mindex, Tribone & Liquid Bloom, Pan Electric, Chaos By Design & Digitalis.

The original piece is a quirky number comprised of traditional middle eastern rhythms and instrumentation counterbalanced with low-frequency bass, ethnic vocals and the inclusion of the clarinet adds a touch of jazz swing to the proceedings. Somatoast takes an ambient approach and strips the piece back, bringing the ethereal backing vocals to the forefront of his version. Tribone & Liquid Bloom create a dark brooding atmosphere initally, but they soon beef up the percussion and bass, whilst applying fx to the ethnic vocals. Mindex takes a very similar approach with a dark bass heavy version juxtaposed with the clarinet, flutes and those ethereal tones.

Seb puts on his Chaos by Design hat and teams up with Tribone & Liquid Bloom for a two-step breakz affair, that switches back and forth between the light and harmonious and the dark and heavy. Pan Electric on the other hand utilises the ethereal vocals and melodic strings, adding a funky bass and organ which takes the piece into a completely different direction than his predecessors. Seb changes hats once again this time under his Digitalis pseudonym he slowly drifts through the clarinet and begins to twist the FX moving to dark and dirty territories. To conclude there’s a continuous mix for those who mind the gaps.

Reviewed by Woodzee

Links

https://sebtaylor.bandcamp.com/album/seed-ep

Kaya Project 'Firedance E.P.' Review

Artist: Kaya Project

Title: Firedance E.P.

Label: Interchill

Release Date: 27^th of May

Taken from Kaya Projects latest album of the same name 'Firedance' is actually one of the more up-tempo tracks. However, I'm more than happy to feature it on here as it's a track with tribal chants that is full of eastern promise and the re-mixers take the track into different directions.

Strangely enough the e.p. doesn't begin with the title track but a re-mix of 'One Hundred Lights' by Grouch. The track begins with sparse deep twitchy bass notes alongside the vocal and slowly becomes more dominant flickering between Sitar chords and reggae all in all it's a quality re-mix.

Now we reach a re-mix of the title track from Chaos By Design, who to be honest I've not come across before. There's nothing to worry about though as he/she/they take the track into a combination of ambience and utilise the percussion with bass music creating a unique feel of Jungle with the brakes on.

Next it's Kaminanda's take on the title track (this guy seems to be churning out the re-mixes of late) once again there's a combination of ambience and percussion but there's a little more space between than Chaos By Design's chock full of little loops and fx perfectly balanced through out the track. It's a wonderful piece which only re-affirms this is a solid release.

Last but not least is Seb's own re-mix of 'Through The Flames' under his psy-breakz Digitalis moniker. This track is perfect for getting the rump shaking and enticing people on to the dance floor with it's glitchy bass line that's seems to gel perfectly with the sounds of the original track.

Review by Woodzee

Links

http://www.kayaproject.com/

http://www.interchill.com/