Artist : Actress
Title : Hazyville
Genre : Electronic
Year : 2008
Date : 01/2011
Bitrate : VBR kbps
Tracks : 11
Label : Werk Discs
Source : CDDA
Encoder : Lame 3.97
Length : 44:45 min
Size : 40,5 MB
Tracklist:
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01.Again The Addiction 03:52
02.Hazylude 00:35
03.Doggin' 03:45
04.Ivy May Gilpin 05:17
05.I Can't Forgive You 03:56
06.Crushed 03:18
07.Redit 124 03:24
08.Againlude 01:31
09.Hazyville 05:37
10.Mincin 06:36
11.Green Gal 06:54
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44:45 min
From Boomkat:
We know we say this a lot, but this
one's seriously been a long time coming,
building expectation levels to an
unprecedented high. The incredible
talents of Actress have previously only
appeared on a pitifully small but
perfectly formed number of releases,
from his inception to our personal
'Rhythm Hall Of Fame' with his 'No
Tricks' 12" way back in 2004, to remixes
for Various Production and Alex Smoke,
Mr Cunningham's output has remained
meagre but incredibly well respected. A
good amount of his time has been taken
up running the well established Werk
Discs imprint, a label borne from the
aftermath of his Hyperdub night with
Steve Goodman some 6 years ago,
presenting convention challenging acts
like Zomby, Radioclit, Lukid, or Disrupt
for our pleasure ever since. He's since
found some spare minutes to assemble
this amazing set of specialized Actress
styles, inviting us into the a sonic
universe encompassing heartfelt Detroit
house and techno abstractions, post-bump
R'n'B reconfigurations and ephemeral
electronica in a truly idiosyncratic
style. 'Again The Addiction' ignites the
set with a production sounding like a
more narcotic Kenny Larkin, it's purely
unhinged Detroit techno with a psyched
sound design that will fry your head.
'Doggin' trips out on some warm and
woozy Theo P style house vibes, while
'Ivy May Gilpin' is the first of a
number of tracks which seriously remind
us of the brilliant NWAQ album 'The Dead
Bears' in the best way possible with a
submerged and percussive house vibe
achieved by very few. 'I Can't Forgive
You' sits deep at the bottom of this
particular ocean with an ultra slow and
vibing track, flowing with slowly
shifting chord changes and decorated in
deliciously mottled FX textures to
reduce you to a stunned mess, while
'Redit 124' brings us to the earlier
sound of the 'No Tricks' EP with a razor
edited 313 glitch 'n jack track sounding
like Anthony 'Shake' Shakir in his
prime. But it's title track 'Hazyville'
that's the real showstopper, a massively
crushing electro variation that cleverly
uses the compression tools at his
disposal to squeeze out every last drop
of robo-funk and static coated synthline
pressure he can manage, turning in a
truly sick wriggler that we've had on
repeat for weeks. If you're still with
us, check out 'Green Gal' at the end,
again reminiscent of that NWAQ psyche
house sound, bleeping and churning with
a charcter of it's own but relentlessly
deep and involving to the point of
emotional implosion. This album has
completely lived up to the hype we'd
given it inside our own heads and if you
can't be arsed checking the samples,
just trust us that this is the finest
blend of Theo Parrish, NWAQ & Flylo
style rhythm magic that you're going to
hear all year, or quite possibly the
next for that matter! Onwards...
http://www.werkdiscs.com/