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- La Torre Ibiza - Volumen Quatro
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- Hostel La Torre Recordings
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- HLTR004D
- Release Date
- July 1, 2022
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Mark Barrott and Pete Gooding present the fourth volume in their series of stellar collections, showcasing the sunset sounds spun at Ibiza`s Hostal La Torre. Sets, sequences, of music designed to celebrate the passing of another day and welcome the pleasures of night, as the Sun makes way for Sister Moon.
On this occasion, the ceremony starts with a gift from the Golden Girls - a side project of Phil Hartnoll, of
Orbital fame. In its original form Kinetic was a prime piece of pumping early 90s trance, here, however, it
s
been remixed by David Morley into something far more in line with Belgian rave label R&Sambient off- shoot, Apollo. Practically beatless, but boasting a big, undulating, bottom-end, it now resembles something from Tangerine Dream
s back catalogue. A slightly kosmische, serene wall of sonically shining sound. The
room-shaking riffs are reduced to echoes, while pitter-pattering percussion races. When the familiar hook
finally surfaces, its accompanied by spirit-stirring, symphonic strings - inducing fierce flashbacks to quality highs, and newly expanded minds and horizons. Man, I can remember the wonder, before it all went pear- shaped. Next up are NO ZU, a sadly seemingly defunct 8-membered musical monster from Melbourne, Australia, who were absolutely amazing live. Banging out a percussive concoction that they called Heat Beat, their funk was / is most definitely post-punk - channelling
80s no wave New York, the Mudd Club, and in particular the
band, Liquid Liquid. Slapping basses, car horns, electronic keys, buttons, cowbells, and anything else that
came to hand and seemed to fit, while lifting beats and piano parts from Chicago house. The party-starting
call and response repartee of Ui Yia UIa finds them shouting out their star signs of criss-crossing
compatibility over a muscular slo-mo stomp. Daphne Camf Rest In Peace.
Bassekou Kouyate is a Malian maestro on the 6-stringed ngoni. A goat-skin covered “hunters harp”, that via
slave traders evolved into the North American banjo. With his group, named after this traditional griot
instrument, and Zoumana Tereta on lead vocals, he delivers a dizzying display of dexterity on Bala.
Generating a super mellow, spiritual groove, his playing countered by equal virtuosity on balafon and bolon.
The voices switching between the sweet and the raw, and the song showering you in savannah sunshine, no
matter where you happen to be hanging.
American trio, Rare Silk, share their jazz vocal take on Stanley Turrentines Storm, where wildlife whistles and chirrups surround soft Synclavier sighs. Slick, smooth, imagine Manhattan Transfer meets Wally Badarou. A marimba doing the mambo, the reeds winding like wafts of smoke carried on warm Caribbean winds. The rhythm of a gently lapping tide. The Synergetic Voice Orchestra was a one-off, one-time only outfit led by keyboardist / composer, Yumiko Morioka. A follow-up to her highly respected solo piano work, Resonance, the album, MIOS, was a far more ambitious affair, that brought together a collective of 6 musicians and 3 vocalists. The results moving away from new age and modern classical toward pop. The track, Zebra, is a Jon Hassell-esque fusion heat haze / fog. Riding a slowly rumbling thunder-thumbed bass-line. A snake-charming woodwind cutting through the synthetic shimmer, weaving its seductive spell. Family Doggo first appeared as the b-side of Paul Woolford aka Special Request
s balls-out 2020 drum and
bass single, Spectral Frequency. “Doggo” in comparison is an oasis of calm, albeit packing some serious
sub-woofer worrying boom. Stripped back, speaker-rattling, electro-edged introspection, emotive and
euphoric without recourse to arms-in-the-air tropes, its bleep
s more sensitive, more thoughtful sibling. The
awakening of the morning after the night befores rush. Margaret Wakeley
s magical Hard To Leave The Island was initially rediscovered and dusted down by the
people that power the respected DJ / artist agency, Warm - who took it from Margarets 1976 LP, Better Days, and pressed it on a limited 45. A slice of superior soft / yacht rock, it's a cool cocktail-hour summer holiday serenade. A sophisticated arrangement of brass, jazzy keys, and acoustic strum, topped off by a smart sax solo. Equatorial Sunrise was / is one of the standouts contained on Pauline Anna Strom
s sadly posthumous
album, Angel Tears In Sunlight. Describing herself as a Trans Millennium Consort, the San Francisco-based
synth pioneer attempted to blur, blend, past, present, and future, with her novel new age music. The song in
question sees wind-chimes, marimba, and talking drum conversing in counterpoint - conjuring the Cafe del
Mar classic, Richard Wahnfrieds Grandmas Clockwork. Its calming, time-melting timbres creating a comforting analog bubblebath. Aching with synthesized ethereal emissions, while pinpoints of sound echo into infinity, like signals from distant stars. The Vendetta Suite is the pseudonym of Gary Irwin, the former in-house engineer at David Holmes
Belfast-
based Exploding Inevitable Studio - a hive of musical activity where Timmy Stewart was also a frequent
visitor. The 3 amigos mentioned were all stalwarts of the citys early
90s house and techno scene. Some 30
years later Timmy remixed Garys track, Warehouse Rock, into a highly strung - think Malcolm McLaren
s
Deep In Vogue - soundclash of reggae and rave. A four-to-the-floor mediation subjected to devastating
washes of delay, where bionic bass, Mikey Dread samples and dub sound-effects are softened by bucolic
birdsong.
Mark Barrott’s Travelling Music (La Torre Reprise) - an exclusive version of the titular track from his recent
E.P. - is all tumbling tones - playful sequences and programmed patterns “blowing” busily, like colourful
streamers caught on a tropical breeze. Like the compilations opening number, its another ambient, beatless, trance-dancer - suffused with sustained swells and chords that feel like sunrise itself. Composer / pianist Lola Perrin
s Cloud Sky Fade is an unadorned, unadulterated - save a little reverb -
rippling river of cascading classical keys. Her piano rolling, reaching crescendos like crashing surf. Licensed
from Lola’s 2006 CD, Fragile Light, its worthy of comparison with Keith Jarretts ECM output, and Wim Mertens
beloved The Belly Of An Architect score.
If you look on Wikipedia, you’ll see that Suzanne Ciani has the affectionate moniker of “Diva of the Diode” -
reflecting her huge importance in the history of electronic music. While studying at Berkley University in the
70s Suzanne became firm friends with Don Buchla, and subsequently spearheaded the use of his then ground-breaking modular synthesizer. Moving to New York, where she camped out on Philip Glass
studio
floor, Suzanne set up her own company employing Dons marvelous machine to produce advertising jingles. The success of this business eventually led to Suzanne becoming Hollywood’s first female soundtrack composer. In the
80s, Suzanne then started releasing new age records, one of which, 1986s The Velocity Of Love, was a favourite of DJ Phil Mison, who made it a Cafe del Mar sunset staple. The beautiful Eighth Wave surely should have been the blissed-out musical backdrop to some
80s art house love scene -
summoning as it does silhouettes of cinematic protagonists passionately disrobing though a Vaseline-
smeared lens. Their hot clinches politely cutting to close-ups of isolated, moonlit beaches, and untamable,
tempestuous tides.
JIM is Jim Baron, Crazy Ps Ron Basejam, but in folky, singer / songwriter mode. Coming on like Crosby, Stills & Nash, he covers the Ian Astbury / Billy Duffy penned Phoenix in an ultra-laidback fashion. Turning the gothic rock into a Laurel Canyon-esque lullaby. Singing of love in terms of fire, and flames of desire, backed by acrobatic acoustic picking and sweeping orchestral strings. You could be forgiven for thinking that Antipodean audio auteur, Geoffrey O
Connor, is some forgotten 80s idol - so authentic is his soothing, swooning, romantic synth pop. Her Name On Every Tongue, however, dates from 2014, and can be located on Geoff
s sophomore solo long-player, Fan Fiction. The tracks vocoder harmonies proving perfect for a sing along on a top-down, Californian coastal drive. These righteous solar-worshiping rituals draw to a close with John Foxx & Robin Guthrie
s exceptional
Estrellita - a highlight from the pair's 2009 album, Mirrorball - where the former Ultravox! and Cocteau Twins
founders collaborate on a sublime shot of shoegaze. Generating a glacial glide of layer upon layer of treated
guitar. Grounded by womb-like bass vibrations, while Foxxs choirboy croon soars. Lending the song a prayer / hymn-like air. It
s as close as rock comes to something sacred. — Dr. Rob (Ban Ban Ton Ton)
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Kinetic (David Morley Remix)
Golden Girls
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Ui Yia UIa
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Bala
Bassekou Kouyate and Ngoni ba featuring Zoumana Tereta
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Synergetic Voice Orchestra
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Special Request
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Hard To Leave The Island
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Warehouse Rock (Timmy Stewart's Six Minutes to Sunrise Mix)
The Vendetta Suite
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Travelling Music (La Torre Reprise)
Mark Barrott
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Cloud Sky Fade
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Phoenix
JIM
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Her Name on Every Tongue
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Track List
A1. Golden Girls - Kinetic (David Morley Remix)
A2. NO ZU - Ui Yia UIa
A3. Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni ba feat. Zoumana Tereta - Bala
B1. Rare Silk - Storm
B2. Synergetic Voice Orchestra -Zebra
B3. Special Request - Family Doggo
B4. Margaret Wakeley - Hard To Leave The Island
C1. Pauline Anna Strom - Equatorial Sunrise
C2. The Vendetta Suite - Warehouse Rock (Timmy Stewart's Six Minutes to Sunrise Mix)
C3. Mark Barrott - Travelling Music (La Torre Reprise)
D1. Lola Perrin - Cloud Sky Fade
D2. Suzanne Ciani - The Eighth Wave
D3. JIM - Phoenix
D4. Geoffrey O'Connor - Her Name on Every Tongue
D5. John Foxx & Robin Guthrie - Estrellita
Hostel La Torre Recordings
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- Artist
- Various Artists
- ReleaseProduct
- La Torre Ibiza - Volumen Quatro
- Label
- Hostel La Torre Recordings
- Catalogue Number
- HLTR004D
- Release Date
- July 1, 2022
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