Swayzak
Label: Studio !K7
Catalog#: !K7215CD
Format: CD
Country: Germany
Released: 01 Aug 2007
Genre: Electronic
Style: Tech House, Minimal
Tracklist:
01. Quiet Life
02. So Cheap
03. No Sad Goodbyes
04. Distress And Calling
05. Smile And Receive
06. Claktronic
07. Silent Luv
08. Pukka Bumbles
09. By The Rub Of Love
10. They Return
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Swayzak are their old selves again! James Taylor's fatherhood sabatical is over, David "Brun" Brown managed things during his absence anyway, and now they return together with their album "Some other country."
Swayzak's new opus sounds mature and full. On the Brits' fifth album, what counts is quality, loud showy effects are superfluous. Swayzak have always loved their echo pedal, but in their tenth year of existence, their dub-techno attains a new, compositional dimension. "We're more interested in atmosphere," says Brun. "The album is darker and heavier - a reaction to all that minimal stuff that has become a type of mainstream." Indeed, the pieces on "Some other country" aren't just a trip to another country: little worlds unfold.
Can a diamond get goose pimples? Perhaps it can, if it is confronted with a deep jewel like the opener "Quiet Life." With the vocals of Berlin producer and DJ Cassy (Panorama Bar/Berghain), Swayzak stage a moving, room-filling question-and-answer game. It's similarly the case in "Smile and Receive," where her clear voice mixes with strange noises and gentle bell ringing.
