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 P'TAAH Compressed light 1x CD Ubiquity Records |
It was late 1995 when we first encountered a Wamdue Kids release on Strictly Rythm and later in 1996 on Peacefrog. From then on, we have gone a long way, with various Wamdue Kids releases at regular intervals. Most of their releases had a sort of common feeling (except their single commercial exploration last year), that is a sort of spiritual vibe. The Wamdue Kids have always offered mostly dreamy deephouze, targeted at lounge pubs, bedrooms or car tripping rather than dancefloor action. One of the key persons of the Wamdue Kids, Chris Brann can now be found as P'Taah on a brand new release on Ubiquity records. It's clear that under this new disguise, Chris Brann can show off even more of his musical talent and creativity than with the Wamdue Kids. The P'Taah album Compressed Light is one big intellectual, creative and complex fusion of future jazz, electronics, breakbeats and whatever more fits in the cocktail of Chris. Tune in for the welcome track "Million Miles" on the P'Taah album and you will be caught immediately by the slow heavy deep & warm bassline with exceptional flute on top creating the overall melancholic mood. "No One, No how never" is the bruising mix of fast breakbeats and atmospheric electronics, vaguely reminding us a little bit to the Spacetime Continuum sound, nevertheless refreshing indeed! More of this comes with "Do you keep it near you", adding superb saxophone, a funky sample (where does that come from again ?) a touch of exotica and other electronic weirdness. With "Apricot" the pace is slower again, offering a deep warm bass with a touch of latin but enough electronic and futurism feel to make it stand out from the ordinary. While "Flying high" reminds us perhaps most to the Wamdue sound, "The answer is silence" is a totally chilling jazz experience with more exceptional sax by Kebbi Williams. The overall feel of this track has a touch of seventies Weather Report or Sun Ra music, but sounds refreshing and original. With "Portal One+Two" and "Uriel Bridge" P'Taah explores in fast percussions & weird future jazzism, being the more agressive tracks and less melancholic tracks of the pack. Finally, there is "Crossing" & "Compressed Light", mixing moody breakbeat percussions with atmospheric synths and here and there weird electronica. It's clear that Chris Brann went a long way, from his 'quite normal' moody deephouze releases for Wamdue Kids to this package of music intellectualism. This makes "Compressed Light" a truly recommended album for these typical music enthousiasts always looking out for new experiences & vibes. ez |