V/A - Talisman

[shahar@isratrance]

V/A - Talisman

 

 

Artist: Various

Title: Talisman

Label: Interchill

Date: 2003

 

Track listing:

 

01. Manasseh And Feat Knati : Temper Dub

02. Neil Sparks And The Last Tribe : Talisman

03. Eat Static : Caridwen

04. Jumbo Layer : The Lily Dub

05. Jan Wobble And The Invaiders : Lam Tom Way Dub

06. Suns Of Arqa : Ark Of The Arqans

07. Gargoyles : Evil Do Ers

08. Ott : Scilly Automatic

09. Jan Wobble And Bill Laswell : Orion

10. Stress Assassin : Time

11. Adham Shaikh : Sabadub (G-String Mix)

12. The Kumba Mela Experiment : That Which I Could Only Sense

 

Review:

 

Another Interchill release on their mission to chill the world, it is a

blessing as all of their previous ones I've heard. This time Andrew's doing it

the rasta way with a dubby compilation filled with varied interpretation of

the staggering wavy beats and floating delayed sequences originating from

Jamaica. And varied it is, starting with more traditional dubby vibes, then

touching some tribal influences with a side trip to more loungy spaces with

Eat Static (T3) and the excellent Jumbo Layer track (T4). Then comes the most

special track here, a crazy hypnotic chanting piece involving the legendary

Jah Wobble, that is yet to return here. Lam Tam Way Dub is like nothing you've

heard before, though it kinda breaks the flow of the music. Then things turn

more psychedelic with the too weird Suns of Arqa track (T6) and two Ott

tracks. The first is with Mr. Posford as Gargoyles- amazing moody mellow

psydub piece, though the sexy samples in the middle don't fit the mood of the

track, and ruin it a bit for me. Then it's the Twisted prodigy on his own,

with Scilly Automatic (T8), an amazing psydub journey with a great sample.

From here things stay pretty much excellent. Jah Wobble returns teaming with

electronic world music guru Bill Laswell with the amazing penetrating mellow

Orion (T9), Stress Assassin takes things to space, and Adham Shaikh supplies a

real trip in Indian sounds (T11), till it ends with the psychedelic aquatic

That Which I Could Only Sense.

 

Bottom line: great chilled varied psydub release that melts well few worlds of

music. The beginning doesn't flow flawlessly, but then things just all fall

into place, and it's a real joy, with some shining sparks of genius.

Favorites: 3, 4, 5(!!!), 8(!), 9(!!), 10, 11(!!), 12.