November 6th, 2006
FPR #004 [the orientalist - 1000 sounds lotus]
“Fresh Poulp continues his musical investigation of the Eastern with his new release 1000 Sounds Lotus by The Orientalist. An album has been released last year, self-produced, which the octopus decided to put back to the style of the day.
Summary of musical fantasies resulting from an unconscious haunted of tablas, hip-hop grooves, drum n’ basse drifts, aetheral riddims, sine bass and derbuka.. All along its 10 tracks 1000 Sounds Lotus is inviting you to a trip across north-africa, middle-east, and south-east asia, each tracks being a one-way ticket.” [editor to poster: please follow the simple rules\requests when submitting a release next time around.]
- saturated vietnamese radio
- tibetan monks playing fuzzy bass tablas
- persian astronomy
- entering the mummy grave (lo-fi dusty dub mix)
- she sleeps under an ambient miniature
- islamatronic cantilliation
- zanzibar in dub
- aetheral japanese speakerine
- arabic ensemble trapped in a desertronic sand storm
- a tribute to wordsound
Hitch says:
This is a satisfying album, full of what might be called “ethnic big beat”, all set in a reverb-drenched soundscape. Highlights include “Entering the Mummy Grave”, “Islamatronic Cantillation” and “Zanzibar in Dub”. It’s very easy to listen to, yet stands repeated playing. The Orientalist has studied well, grasshopper. :).
December 29th, 2006 at 4:17 pm