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: artist....: Tropics :
: title.....: Parodia Flare :
: cat no....: ZIQ305 :
: genre.....: Electronic :
: style.....: Chillwave, Psychedelic :
: label.....: Planet Mu :
: tracks....: 12 :
: quality...: 320kbps :
: storedate.: Sep-19-2011 :
: rlsdate...: Sep-20-2011 :
: url.......: boomkat.com :
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Nr. Trackname Time
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01. Navajo 01:14
02. Mouves 05:16
03. Parodia Flare 04:02
04. Going Back 04:44
05. Wear Out 04:13
06. Celebrate 02:39
07. Figures 03:45
08. Telassar 03:22
09. Playgrounds 03:42
10. After Visiting 04:04
11. Sapphire 04:59
12. On The Move 04:22
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46:22 min
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Tropics is the sultry electronic shoegaze project of young
British producer and multi-instrumentalist Chris Ward.
Unlike so many similarly oriented artists, Ward doesn't
hide behind distortion - his arrangements are complex and
crystal-clear, reminding us less of any nu-gaze outfit and
far more of the gushing electronic fantasias peddled by
Nathan Fake, early Four Tet and Tropics' Mu labelmates
Solar Bears. We can't help but compare a good number of
the album's tracks to the US chillwave of Washed Out and
Toro Y Moi, but the most satisfying tracks are those that
go for the levitating electronic rock sublime, like the
title number and the epic 'Mouves', being the kind of
extravagantly psychedelic fare that The Horrors wish they
could make. ItÆs certainly a diverse album - 'Celebrate'
summons the Valium-smashed beatscapes of Balam Acab,
'Telassar' is boogie gone Balearic - and Ward deploys an
incredible range of rhythmic and instrumental ideas to
flesh out his disarmingly pretty songs, but he manages to
keep everything coherent. A highly impressive debut all in
all.
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Just enjoy the music, and psyfer@hush.com if you want
to be a part of things. Every musical style is welcome!
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