In the 6th round, I select
Lost Horizons (2002) by
Lemon Jelly in the
Electronica/Techno category.
- "Elements" – 8:41
- "Space Walk" – 7:03
- "Ramblin' Man" – 7:08
- "Return to Patagonia" – 8:41
- "Nice Weather for Ducks" – 6:08
- "Experiment No. 6" – 5:54
- "Closer" – 7:24
- "The Curse of Ka'Zar" – 9:01
Elements (Not an official video, song starts about 30 seconds in)
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjrpaWM5BnQ
Space Walk
http://www.popmatters.com/music/revi...lly-lost.shtml
Quote:
...with Lemon Jelly's Lost Horizons, I've been having trouble forcing myself to sit down at the keyboard and start typing. I'm afraid my words won't do it justice. It's that good.
...This gift for bouncing between and even layering totally incongruous elements is what makes Lost Horizons such a joy to listen to, even on the twentieth repeat. On "Return to Patagonia", a breathy sax slithers over an urgently jazzy backbeat while a "Carmina Burana"-like chorus chants in the background; on "The Curse of Ka'Zar", a two-part harmony chorus and jazzy drum loop that could have been lifted from an old Buddy Rich record mutate in and out with a slow, menacing hip-hop beat before giving way to a "Dragnet" horn section that in turn gives way to a shimmering Brit-pop cascade of warm guitar and piano chords.
..I think what Deakin and Franglin are actually striving for here is to strike a balance between the warmth and humanity of their music's sounds and the machine-like grace of its flawless production. To my ears, they succeed, and in doing so create exactly sixty minutes of aural bliss that few other downtempo acts can rival.
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There are also some awesomely creepy songs on here - Experiment No. 6, and my personal fav, Return to Patagonia. No youtubes though.
These guys sound like no one else.