------Liquid Stranger - The Invisible Conquest
2 ratings since posting on Thursday, December 13, 2007
|
Overall Rating  based on 2 ratings |
||
|
|
|||
|
dubby times!! - Chlorophil , posted 12/13/07 |
 STYLE Bass driven atmospheric chillout. Liquid Stranger creates mostly instrumental montages with strong rhythmic content - lumbering beats propel much of the music, the drum tracks taking a live sound approach although clearly with plenty of digital enhancements to keep the grooves lively and interesting; and some gutsy dub coloured bass lines that have no intention of sitting in the background. In keeping with its reggae roots The Invisible Conquest features a variety of the genre's trademark sounds - although most have a new twist, effected, distorted, reframed - brass phrases, gritty vocal snatches, echoing stabs and percussive flourishes. There are plenty of ambient corners and freeform introductions where special effects and unusual sonic juxtapositions create some evocative moodscapes. The overall effect is one of a heavy, prowling sound with psychedelic veils and tribal hints. MOOD The Invisible Conquest is something of a melting pot, having the low end guts of a dub bass album and the chilled atmospheres of psychedelic downtempo. The lively percussion is suggestive of tribal rhythms at times, yet there is an urban aesthetic too. Not quite dwelling fully in the crepuscular cityscapes of some of its genre mates, this CD wanders from concrete grey shadows to lush exotic colour and even drifts skyward into the air during some of the lighter interludes. ARTWORK Presented in a three panel digipack The Invisible Conquest is fronted by a rainbow coloured snake emerging from a silhouetted tangle of black foliage. Green leaf edges bring a little more colour to this primarily black and white composition that stretches across to the back cover and reappears in partial form on the remaining outer panel. Tracks are listed on the back along with website details. Inside the remaining information is laid out upon a backdrop of coloured planks with a subtle overlay that echoes the front cover. Here are credits and a generous list of thanks. OVERALL Liquid Stranger is primarily Swedish Martin Staaf who has also released sounds under the titles Rhoca and Slugger as well as making up half of the progressive Necton. As Liquid Stranger he has previously appeared on a number of Interchill compilations where the emphasis is on beaty downtempo with a tendency to blur the boundaries and break the rules. WHO WILL LIKE THIS ALBUM If you've enjoyed Interchill's recent bass explorations in the form of Ashtech or Subsignals - then this might well fuel the thirst for more shadowy urban electronic dub - although Liquid Stranger is inclined to explore the sun of far away vistas as well as the darkness of the streets. - Morpheus Music , posted 12/13/07 |
------Liquid Stranger - The Invisible Conquest was recommended for:
- Tribe: bluetech
- Tribe: Psybient
- Tribe: Phutureprimitive
- Tribe: ishq
- Tribe: Indidginus
- Tribe: (((Ambient Groove Temple)))
- Tribe: Native State Records
- Tribe: AMBIENT CHILL
- Tribe: ::Psy-Dub::
- Tribe: intershroom
- Tribe: The Moon
- Tribe: Interchill
- Tribe: shulman
- Tribe: Morpheus Music
- Tribe: Ultimae Records
- Tribe: Peak records
- Tribe: Androcell