Hello all - here's a review for you to consider, but warning, only
a few of these tracks (Sunday Brunch, J. Dahlbach, Brommage Dub)
actually qualify as acid jazz.
--- Svek's most recent compilation, Stars, sends the listener reeling from second :01 with it's opening track, "Close 2 You" by Joel Mull. Mull's synth melodies and traveling rhythms will pull at your emotions and well up inside you like only string orchestras and classical scores previously could. Who is this Joel Mull? A pseudonym for Cari Lekebusch in love? Swayzak emoting after the birth of a child? The warm vocoded vocals will pull you in and leave you in love with Mull and his machines. This song moves me in unexplainable ways. The second track, "Szeremena Programs" by Numume features Cari Lekebusch and his sexy but not-so-endearing-as-Mull's vocoder. One to get you up and moving, "Szeremena" follows the classic Lekebusch formula for well-tempoed beaty beats that repeat and amuse. Sunday Brunch's "After the Rain" shimmers, rattles, bumps, jams, slides and seduces with sax and funky guitar. Jesper D + gang have the good summertime tune formula down pat. Brommage Dub appears with tracks "Trinidub" and "Trinity" which don't seem to bear any direct resemblance aside from the titles. "Trinidub" features bright trumpet melodies, free-style bongos and a moving tempo. "Trinidub" stays on the sexy, jazzy side while "Trinity" leans toward the dub-y. Track five, Briskeby's "A Song to Whisper" proves to be a standout with natural drums + offbeat snares. The female vocals are absolutely ethereal and will leave you blissed and starry eyed. Sublime. Jesper Dahlback seduces as always with the flute and sax laced beauty, "Sand", then the comp takes a gradual turn towards the left field. Tracks eight through eleven feature Forme and Conceiled Project alternating with tech-house and straight up techno. Track nine, Conceiled Project's "D-weqst" will make you bounce to it's dark and melodic tech. Forme's "Moonraker" features more bleeps, breaks and beats with some ominous melodic swells. The final track, Conceiled Project's "D-End" takes the listen a bit far out with some heavy heavy techno. Overall, Svek "Stars" will heighten your emotions, make you bounce and simply leave you awestruck. I was disappointed to find Seba missing from the comp lineup, but I was twice as excited to find new names present. "Stars" is every bit as standout as it's predecessor, "Galaxy". -- Bethany A. Johnson http://www.rawkawn.com/ http://www.thedownbeat.org
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