seven

Continuing on to the second part of this wonderful collaborative project between ambre, mark spybey, and mick harris, we experience another pathway of pure focused electronics. Here Spybey and Harris assimilate idealism of acoustical synthetics and sound devices that open new ways to listening.

Utilizing a barrage of various funk, jazz, and trippy percussives that entangle ancient string devices, these musicians take you into a timeless world never experienced before. Unconventional transitional movements that are apparent throughout most of the tracks remind me of the intelligence behind haujobb, silk saw, and some of beefcake’s versatile work.

Opening with “good way to start a bad day” we are given curiosity to various erratic and disorganized funky trip-hop beats that are slowly surrounded by distant cold string elements and melodic bass movements. Next track “institute good motoring on bad and i mean bad roads” throws us a somewhat annoying but interesting composition that uses more dismal strings attacked with a blaring train horns and phone rings. Track three settles down with a slower funk trip-hop beat that is balanced by somewhat groovy basslines, subtle ghostly string movements, and weird frequencies. “mister bod” moves us in a spacey hypnotic theme that utilizes indirect string progressions that evoke a feeling of sadness and despair.

The funky rhythms continue on this time surrounded by abrasive squealed frequencies and diving bass drones and jazz-like synthetic horn elements that intersect with the building movement of the song. “dschungel B-216” chills out with softer jazz -like movements that are touched with dropping string echoes and waves of crunchy dirges and fuzzy drones. While track nine uses small erratic drum ‘n’ bass movements that are precisely placed with subtle droning reversed bass strings and strings apparitions. Track ten, “misery gote” pummels the mind with barrage of crazy drum ‘n’ bass and break elements that fiercely move with bleak deep bass drones and tweaked-out frequencies.

To end this release nicely we encounter the dark space-ambience of the softly emerging hums and distant signal relays that are surrounded by vocoded derelict voices. A very nice track to complete this intelligent collaboration that gives the listener new realms to explore.