Album review by Natalie Homer
A many layered mood cake that combines just about every ambient genre out there. It will take you to the terrace of Café del Mar in Ibiza and back.
The hissing vocals of the first track is immediately reminiscent of Groove Armada’s deliciously chill ‘By the River’ comfortably setting the scene for the rest of the album. With overtones and undertones of the smoothest blend of funk, techno, electronica, hip-hop and trip hop, this 19-track collection takes you on a journey that weaves between velvet and spikey beats and grooves that hold your attention from start to end as the tracks bleed into one another.
Imagine you’re a guest at a dinner party with DJ Shadow, Tricky and Nightmares on Wax when all of a sudden Lemonjelly saunters in with Alice in Wonderland on his arm. It’s bit like that.
TRACK LIST
01. Rock it Number Nine
02. Urban Velvet
03. Brick and Mortar
04. Sunday
05. The Telephone
06. Heaven can Wait
07. Let your Hair Down Girl
08. Lonely Boy
09. As if in a Dream
10. Crush
11. Barbie Doll
12. Lamenting Break
13. Bubblegum
14. PCH
15. Demo Submission
16. Deep Concentration
17. The Secret
18. I feel Good
19. Love and Loss
