/Sampledelic, Breaks, Downtempo,
Chill out, Urban music, Soul, Big beat, Mood music, Hip-hop, Electronic pop/
Comment: this is the first
disc of the album A Color Map of the Sun
which, however, fulfils your greatest expectations conjured up by Denver, USA
based producer Derek Vincent Smith`s previous outings. This is the first issue
of him which is mixed up from his own recorded sounds by the method of trying
to emulate different styles and different eras. More concretely, the first disc
includes 16 pieces made up of tectonic plate bass rhythms, cinematic soul
samples from the 60s/70s, and velvety sonic textures, drifting stylistically
somewhere in between funk, soul and hip-hop music. At times you can perceive
spaced-out feeling adding fairly otherworldly vibrations to the blend. On the
other side, it is not surprising at all because all these sources discerned
over there used to come out from the black music tradition which searching for
the redemption on Earth frequently focused upon the zenith and outer space
concepts (for instance, the afrofuturistic movement, and Sun Ra`s interstellar
metaphysics). By the way, one track features vocal delivery by Talib Kweli and
another by Eligh. Beautiful and beatific thought to energize your withered
soul. By kindred souls I recommend listen to such producers as Max Tannone, and
Chenard Walcker.
