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NetLab -> Forums -> Music -> Electronica & New Age -> Topic: PlaTEAU - Kushbush / Music For Grass Bars (Special Edition) (2007) PlaTEAU - Kushbush / Music For Grass Bars (Special Edition) (2007), WavPack - CUE, LOG, Covers |
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Posted: 22-02-2008, 20:37
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TRACKLIST: Kushbush 1-01 Sour Diesel (2:34) 1-02 Bubba (6:47) 1-03 MK Ultra Ragman (4:07) 1-04 Trainwreck (5:33) 1-05 Headband (5:23) 1-06 Grandaddy Purple (4:46) 1-07 Lavender (6:28) 1-08 Pho Ga (5:20) 1-09 HoneyBud (ssh x og goo) (4:07) 1-10 Pure B Bubble (4:41) 1-11 37-73 Micron (3:21) 1-12 The OG (4:19) Music For Grass Bars Special Edition 2-01 Schipol (2:53) 2-02 Noorderlight (5:12) 2-03 Dutch Flowers (7:29) 2-04 Crypto (4:54) 2-05 White Widow (4:00) 2-06 Urban Chillage (4:30) 2-07 Chateau PlaTEAU (4:52) 2-08 The Kind (4:58) 2-09 Superskunk #3 (3:09) 2-10 Purple Passion (4:21) 2-11 Stench (3:14) 2-12 Dutch Flowers ext (7:48) 2-13 White Widow (ext ext mix) (6:23) 2-14 Kronkel (4:26) 2-15 Citral (2:41) PlaTEAU's Phil Western and cEvin Key love house music and marijuana, as evidenced by their 1997 debut album, Music for Grass Bars, inspired by the legendary "coffee houses" of pot-positive Amsterdam. The duo's latest album is presented as a double-CD, paired with a new edition of that first effort and revealing how far they've come as well as how tightly they've held on to their original inspirations. Fans who haven't played Music for Grass Bars in a while are in for a treat; 10 years later, it's still a landmark in minimalist dance music. With almost subliminal bass lines pulsing in four-on-the-floor rhythms, tracks like "Noorderlight" and "Purple Passion" are comparable to the ambient house pioneered by The Orb, with subtly dreamy production emphasizing stony atmosphere rather than booty-shaking beats. "Superskunk #3" and "Dutch Flowers," on the other hand, are flatter, less fuzzy, and harder-hitting, with touches of metallic percussion hinting at more industrial influences in the mix. The new edition also features tracks from the Dutch Flowers EP, with extended remixes as well as B-sides "Kronkel" and "Citral," a hard acid track and a twanging series of loops, respectively. It's the new stuff, though, that Subconscious Studios fans have been clamoring for, and Key and Western's latest opus, Kushbush, is in some ways quite similar to their first efforts. "Sour Diesel" opens the new album with a solid thumper of a house track, and THC influences abound, from track titles like "37-73 Micron" to the ganja-reeking, dub-flavored IDM of "HoneyBud (ssh x og goo)," which comes off like an over-enthusiastic bong hit rendered in binary and run through a busted sequencer. Like the pair's most recent Download CD, though, there's also an unmistakable modernity in this album's approach to drum programming. While Key and Western stick mainly to classic genres like house and electro, there's a more prominent emphasis on rhythmic experimentation this time around; "Bubba" starts off dark and smooth, for example, but chopped up snippets of soul music gradually take things in a more chaotic direction, and "Pho Ga" inserts hints of glitch to bass-heavy techno. There's also a little more chill-out music than last time; "Lavender" is subdued, relaxing downtempo, while album closer "The OG" is a spaced out arrangement of orchestral synths, analog trills, and slowly crunching breakbeats. Paired with PlaTEAU's early work, Kushbush makes for an interesting study in how far Key and Western's work has really progressed without ever abandoning its roots in house and ganja culture. |
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Posted: 22-02-2008, 20:41
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Posted: 22-02-2008, 20:42
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Posted: 22-02-2008, 20:42
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Posted: 22-02-2008, 20:43
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