From: Erik Borälv (Erik.Boralv_at_it.uu.se)
Date: 2005-03-30 14:31:21
I recently found the online store Soul Seduction. Looks promising. They
operate out of Vienna - close connections with G-Stone Recordings
(Kruder & Dorfmeister) and Couch Records (Dzihan & Kamien). Hey, even
one of the site programmers name is Dorfmeister...
http://www.soulseduction.com/
Very impressive, closing in on the current leader Dusty Groove... the
selection is extremely on point. Basically only the good stuff. Many
sound clips.
Silhouette Brown is Dego & Kaidi Tatham in disguise (sort of) - with
such a typical sound they are hardly fooling anyone. The sound is a lot
like on the DKD album "Future rage". It broken beat, quirky jazz,
slightly atonal, and verse-heavy. I don't quite get why it is so
different from what they do normally, with 4Hero and New Sector
Movement. The Silhouette Brown album is really a challenge, not exactly
aimed at hit radio charts. I guess the guys try to take new ideas
further, and mix it up with influences from modern jazz and fusion
(something like Herbie Hancock's experiments).
http://www.ethermusic.net/index.html?s=artists&cmd=view&artist_id=10
Maybe this will be one of those albums that will sound great in a year
or two. Maybe it is a question of giving it a number of spins before it
sinks in? I find the two last tracks, "Moday's comin" and "Just a little
more" the best; slow ballads and less quirkyness.
BTW, really good vocals by Deborah Jordan with Bembe Segue.
Cheers,
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