Various Artists - Shadow: Hed Sessions 2

Artist:

Various Artists

UPC:

706172015322

Description:

Personnel: Marc Ellis (keyboards). Audio Remixer: Schultz. Recording information: ParaDub Studios, Brooklyn, NY; The Sampling Point Lab. Arranger: Costas Chrysogelos. With Shadow: Hed Sessions, Vol. 2, the Shadow label demonstrates yet again that it can boast what is perhaps the finest stable of down-tempo electronica artists in the United States. And it also demonstrates that it knows how to market them, offering this nearly hour-long sampler at the below-budget list price of six dollars and 99 cents. If you`re tired of generic chill-out music and second-hand deep house, then bump along to Greg Long`s "Economic Freedom (Blend Mix)," which swings as heavily as a bowling ball in a hammock, or get your nu-jazz groove on to the tune of Toye`s string-bass-driven "Banana Jazz Hop," which somehow manages to fuse glitch, hip-hop, jazz, and breakbeat into a coherent whole. Other highlight tracks include the alternately smooth and jittery "Nikita`s Dream" by Swirlbent and two contributions from Saru: the slightly scary and subtly dub-wise slow-funk workout "Subterra (Mole Mix)" and the less-scary-but-no-less-funky "Suck in Love (Jimborino Jambalong Mix)," which closes the album. Even at full price, this collection would be worth twice the price. ~ Rick Anderson

Track Listing:

DISC 1

1. Economic Freedom - Greg Long (Blend Mix)
2. Subterra - Saru (Mole Mix, remix)
3. Goldiggin` - Cordovan
4. Sambadelic - Digital Alkemist (Cyens Mix)
5. Addicted - Blend (DRM Mix)
6. Banana Jazz Hop - Toye
7. All That Dub - Blend (Greg Long Mix)
8. Nikita`s Dream - Swirl Bent
9. Darkness - Raging Family
10. Suck in Love - Saru (Jimborino Jambalong Mix)

Album Information

Release Date:

09/17/2002

Type:

Collection

Genre:

Electronic

Label:

Shadow

Producer:

Barry Huffine; Schultz

Catalog Number:

153

Original Release Year:

2002

# of Discs:

1

Studio/Live:

Studio

Mono/Stereo:

Stereo

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