s w e e t b e a t s
june.01.2001 - #641
=============================================================================
artist : Kiril Dzajkovski
album : Homebound
year : 1999
label : Avant Garde Records
genre : Lo-Fi
url : www.unet.com.mk/kiril
quality : CD 192k HQ True Stereo
=============================================================================
01.Kiril Dzajkovski - Hereafter 04:37
02.Kiril Dzajkovski - Primitive Science 05:28
03.Kiril Dzajkovski - Swimmer 04:10
04.Kiril Dzajkovski - Close to Comfort 05:00
05.Kiril Dzajkovski - Sweet Darkness of Solitude 06:24
06.Kiril Dzajkovski - Balkan Spy 06:08
07.Kiril Dzajkovski - Rise & Fall 04:40
08.Kiril Dzajkovski - A Walk Through the Craters 06:35
09.Kiril Dzajkovski - 1 Min, 04 Sec 01:06
10.Kiril Dzajkovski - Matej 04:24
10 tracks | 48:32 mins | 66,8 MB
=============================================================================
Traditional Macedonian music and modern electronica: Hailing from
Macedonia, Kiril is an accomplished producer whose previous credits
include several film scores and the occasional stint with Kismet, a
trio of compatriot labelmates who share similar interests in
merging electronica with traditional Balkan music. As a solo
artist, he edges closer to tried-and-true, genre specific
frameworks -in this case drum and bass, trip hop and hints of dub-
resulting in a US debut that's darkish and pleasing. Tracks like
"Primitive Science" and "Balkan Spy" are rousing (and highly
danceable) jungle workouts peppered with the winding Middle Eastern
scales and tabla tapping of the region. Elsewhere, Kiril delves
into brooding downtempo cuts like the noir-ish "Sweet Darkness of
Solitude" and the exotic silkiness of "Hareafter". Then it's back
to d&b, lighter fare like "Mate J" with its vague Spaniard canter
and chilly touch. Homebound shows the artist attentive on every
musical turn and rarely sleepwalking through his tracks. And the
Balkan motif is never secondary, or beside the point. Rather, those
elements are integral cogs within some very solid, well executed
pieces. While Kiril offers nothing radically groundbreaking, at
least when compared to Kismet, his album is quite artful, sublime,
and worth getting to know. It also makes me think warm thoughts
toward Tone Casualties. If there's an avant electronic music scene
in some far away, "undiscovered" corner of the earth, leave it to
Gabor and company to expose it. --Outburn Magazine
=============================================================================
s w e e t b e a t s
-------------------------------------------------
greetings to klangwerk, mgc, sour, dh, impg & sfe
=============================================================================