I have been listening to this album a coupla times over the past month and I love it! Nice pure melodious grooves with a fat bass line, reminiscent of Alien Project. This isn’t full-on hard, dark night stuff, but rather early evening or morning stuff. ‘Scuse if the track listing isn’t in the right order, it’s a demo cd which I got from the producer.
The first track, Homegrown, is slow and lazy with a bit of vocal, nice to listen too when u’re chilling or sitting on a beach watching the sun go down in anticipation of a hard party, maybe even sipping something sweet and juicy, cocktail-like. The beat comes in at 5 min’s and builds up slow to a easy tempo.
Silicon Sunrise isn’t one of my favourites, but it sets the beat and is also a happy uplifting number.
Magnetik, now this is where the fun starts! Although the sample (sounds like something from startrek) isn’t too hot, this is a cool song. The intro opens the door for the song and there is a sound like a foghorn with a break-beat start to the song where the melody joins up and starts the solid beat. After the sample the song kicks off nicely and floats you along with a lot of building up and breaking down before it says farewell.
Aaah, High Orbit, my favourite. Some might remember it from the fushion party Saturday, think it featured in Jim’s set (12-2). A Sample going on about some sattelite and then it tunes orbit, orbit, orbit and the shit hits the fan. Smart. A solid groove to which you can shake your booty relentlessly, I especially like the way he winds up the song, and let’s loose. There are two breaks in the song with some beat-silence, but nothing a good dj can’t use to his advantage. Just after 5 min’s that winding up again and BAM!! There we go again..
The title song Refractions, a bit of a more relaxed tune, when the dancefloor looks like a beating heart, with people bouncing easy and either getting into the mood, or coming down after a hard night of partying. No foaming at the mouth stuff, but you need this at the right time.
More Directions, a re-make of New directions which most of you probably know. Another smooth melody which I like more than the original. Easy listening, but you can also use this one to chase up the tempo a bit. I can just see the sun rising and feel it’s rays on me next to the beach at Silwerstroom (seaside venue in SA). Pure bliss with a couple of bends in the sound just to chase out the acid webs from the night’s party, but behold, 4 minutes into the song he does that windy up thingy again, wheee.
Avalon has a bit of a deeper groove to it. A female voice sample, much like the one used in Homegrown, but more upbeat and darker, but no crazy stuff.
Melody Machine is cool, a last fling to kick the last life out of you, and see you off to either the chill room or your car for some shpongle on your way home.
A really good cd imo. I likes. I know there are some out there who prefer the crazier dementia sweeping the African continent, but this cd works, and with some break beats and good funk thrown in, it’s top of my record box at the moment.
The first track, Homegrown, is slow and lazy with a bit of vocal, nice to listen too when u’re chilling or sitting on a beach watching the sun go down in anticipation of a hard party, maybe even sipping something sweet and juicy, cocktail-like. The beat comes in at 5 min’s and builds up slow to a easy tempo.
Silicon Sunrise isn’t one of my favourites, but it sets the beat and is also a happy uplifting number.
Magnetik, now this is where the fun starts! Although the sample (sounds like something from startrek) isn’t too hot, this is a cool song. The intro opens the door for the song and there is a sound like a foghorn with a break-beat start to the song where the melody joins up and starts the solid beat. After the sample the song kicks off nicely and floats you along with a lot of building up and breaking down before it says farewell.
Aaah, High Orbit, my favourite. Some might remember it from the fushion party Saturday, think it featured in Jim’s set (12-2). A Sample going on about some sattelite and then it tunes orbit, orbit, orbit and the shit hits the fan. Smart. A solid groove to which you can shake your booty relentlessly, I especially like the way he winds up the song, and let’s loose. There are two breaks in the song with some beat-silence, but nothing a good dj can’t use to his advantage. Just after 5 min’s that winding up again and BAM!! There we go again..
The title song Refractions, a bit of a more relaxed tune, when the dancefloor looks like a beating heart, with people bouncing easy and either getting into the mood, or coming down after a hard night of partying. No foaming at the mouth stuff, but you need this at the right time.
More Directions, a re-make of New directions which most of you probably know. Another smooth melody which I like more than the original. Easy listening, but you can also use this one to chase up the tempo a bit. I can just see the sun rising and feel it’s rays on me next to the beach at Silwerstroom (seaside venue in SA). Pure bliss with a couple of bends in the sound just to chase out the acid webs from the night’s party, but behold, 4 minutes into the song he does that windy up thingy again, wheee.
Avalon has a bit of a deeper groove to it. A female voice sample, much like the one used in Homegrown, but more upbeat and darker, but no crazy stuff.
Melody Machine is cool, a last fling to kick the last life out of you, and see you off to either the chill room or your car for some shpongle on your way home.
A really good cd imo. I likes. I know there are some out there who prefer the crazier dementia sweeping the African continent, but this cd works, and with some break beats and good funk thrown in, it’s top of my record box at the moment.
