The SiBERiA team presents:
Lawrence - Jill
Release Info:
Artist ...... Lawrence
Title ....... Jill
Type ........ EP
Label ....... Mule Electronic
Cat.Number .. ME57
Genre ....... Electronic
Style ....... Deep House, Tech House, Ambient
Street date . 09-03-2009
Rip date .... 12-03-2009
Source ...... WEB
Url ......... http://www.beatport.com
Encoder ..... LAME v3.97
Ripper ...... dedmoroz
Quality ..... 320kbps / 44.1 kHz / Full Stereo
Tracks ...... 4
Size ........ 55.12 Mb
List Of Tracks:
Track Title Time
01 ... Jill 6:53
02 ... Jill (Reprise) 4:06
03 ... Hamtramck 6:39
04 ... Sunrise 4:24
Total
22:02
Release Notes:
Lawrence has made a career out of the minor key, his epic
end-of-the-night deep house for depressed clubbers is now a cottage
industry. His formula for the title track here is much the same as it
has seemingly always been: "Jill" is a slow-moving tune that languidly
lays out a soft beat perfect for the starry-eyed, tinkled synths that
interweave with one another. It's yet another fully-formed song ripe
for the warm-up.
Kersten knows his audience, which is why it's followed immediately on
the A-side by a reprise of the same, taking the kick out and showcasing
how well his melodies hold up without a steady thump behind them. It's
reminiscent of Kaito's beatless album for Kompakt and the effect is the
same: Light, airy and perfect DJ tool fodder.
Things pick up as much as they can on a Lawrence EP on the B-side with
"Hamtramck," which plys a similar tone as "Jill" with a tiny bit more
urgency behind the beat. Ultimately, though, the track falls into the
trap that much of his output has recently: It's easy listening house,
with melodies too simplistic to give it a specialness that extends it
beyond its modest aims. Far more successful is the bell-laden ambient
work "Sunrise" which again takes Kaito's sound and runs with it. If
Mule and Lawrence aren't plotting a release of more ambient-driven
material they ought to: Painting Lawrence's sound in a new light, it
offers up proof that there's life in his sound yet.
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