Release : Espresso Del Lago - Yeki
Artist : Espresso Del Lago
Album : Yeki
Genre : Lo-Fi
Source : CDDA
Label : Elektrolux
URL : http://www.elektrolux.com
Date : 05-18-2007
Encoder : LAME 3.97 / -V2 --vbr-new
Quality : 183kbps 44100 kHz Joint Stereo
Tracks : 15
Time : 71:51 min
Size : 94.79 MB
1 Sa Trincha 5:07
2 Moving 4:55
3 Falling Man 4:12
4 Mandarin Suite 5:58
5 Yeki 4:41
6 The World Is Ours 6:09
7 New Clues 4:34
8 Come On 4:51
9 Ballet Or Sauna 5:21
10 Cinquo Dias 4:40
11 Suratat 5:26
12 Joon 0:35
13 Digital Divide 4:35
14 Yet Seen 5:11
15 Zuerich Voltage 5:36
It might be a bit surprising that one of the most international chill out and
lounge music approaches released on Elektrolux so far comes from Switzerland. On
the other hand, this is just a logical consequence as it is the only European
country with four official national languages. By their debut album "Yeki", the
Zurich-based musician Flavio Maspoli and DJ AndrΘ Baumgartner aka Espresso Del
Lago want to go beyond constricting frontiers, to take up all kinds of multi
cultural influences and to transform them into something new. This approach
would not be complete without the particular charm and soul of human voices.
Indeed, the album opener "Sa Trincha" with Spanish vocals by Monica takes its
orignal aesthetics from the idea of Mediterranean chill out in a Cafe del Mar
style. However, it definitely developed a language of its own. The same has to
be said for the impressionist piano of "The World Is Yours", the Persian vocal
elements by singer Sitta in "Yeki" and "Suratat" or the African influences to be
heard in "Digital Divide" which add a very exotic and sensual component to the
soundscape of Espresso Del Lago. Finally, the Persian album title "Yeki" means
nothing but two people becoming one - the magic thing only happening in the
context of true love.