batch Posted March 8, 2018 Share Posted March 8, 2018 this caught my ear today. i'm trying to stick to my rule of not buying ambient vinyls, but this one is testing me. https://sferic.bandcamp.com/album/somewhere-decent-to-live "Ambient duo Space Afrika offer a bird’s eye view of the city centre at night with Somewhere Decent To Live; their keenly anticipated first LP on sferic. Unshackled from dancefloor needs, but still inspired and feeding off its spirit and romance, the pair respectfully acknowledge the undercurrents of Jungle, dubstep, ambient techno and deep house which feed into their home city’s late night economy, dowsing their tributaries back to dub and rendering the findings in a quiet, modestly lush ambient haze with a flawlessly anaesthetising effect. Taking gaseous form as a series of dark blue hues and electromagnetic subbass impulses, the vibe inside is delectably elusive. Unlike their previous transmissions on Where To Now? and Köln’s LL.M., the pair’s dancefloor urges are dissolved in favour of suggestively mutable ambient frameworks this time, leaving the kicks in the club whilst they appear to float overhead like the dead kid embarking his Bardo in Gaspar Noé’s Enter The Void. In firm but gentle style they feel out eight interlinked headspaces, drifting like spectral flanneurs from the Diversions-like opener uwëm/creãtiõn to intercept telepathic thoughts from Teutonic friends in the percolated subs and drizzly ambient clag of sd/tl, before arriving at the most arresting moment in their catalogue thus far with the masterfully widescreen yet immersive bly and its sublimely smeared timbral thizz. The 2nd half of the record subsequently describes a more inward journey from wistful loops in u+00B1 to the sylvan 2-step of gwabh and curve feat. Echium, ultimately culminating in the echo chamber melt of dred." (Boomkat) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fumi Posted March 9, 2018 Share Posted March 9, 2018 I'm finding it hard to resist too. Sounds lovely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
11ls Posted March 10, 2018 Share Posted March 10, 2018 Yeah trying also to resist as I've got a backlog of new music to sink into. But it sounds too inviting... and they are fellow Mancs which kinda tips the scales lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeAreOceans Posted March 10, 2018 Share Posted March 10, 2018 Always have time for Space Afrika and this release is no exception. Lovely stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fumi Posted March 11, 2018 Share Posted March 11, 2018 I gave in. Too nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allize Posted March 13, 2018 Share Posted March 13, 2018 sounds yummy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
triachus Posted March 13, 2018 Share Posted March 13, 2018 these are just reverberated beats with noise on top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cear Posted March 13, 2018 Share Posted March 13, 2018 these are just reverberated beats with noise on topcomputer define idm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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