abasio Posted April 27, 2006 Share Posted April 27, 2006 Abakus That Much Closer to the Sun Liquid Sound Design Released - April 2004 1. Ismatik 5:48 2. Shared Light 2:27 3. Night Walker 5:10 4. Circles 6:39 5. Magenta 3:57 6. A Whole New Way of Looking at the Day 3:32 7. Indu 5:22 8. California Sunshine 6:11 9. Lux Boutique 2:29 10. Last Summer Dub 4:42 11. That Much Closer... 4:59 12. Opaque (bonus track) 6:52 This album is a wonderful summer dub album, there are not many albums that really remind me of summer but this is definately one of them. I love playing this on a hot summers day. It reminds me of beer, bikinis, sunshine and holidays The 1st track, Ismatik , has a great atmosphere about it. Lovely colourful sounds are used over a sweet beat. Barely distinguishable vocal sample give the feeling of the next table over in the beer garden. The 2nd track, Shared Light , is a short one but the sounds are absolutely....amazing. Such melody, skillfully arranged around a thin bassline, chilled summer beats and bird sounds. Track 3, Nightwalker, has what sounds to be a movie sample but I'll be damned if I know what movie. Another nice summer melody surrounding a man not giving in to peer presure to take drugs. Some harder synths make me feel like a motorcycle movie for some reason. The next one, Circles , starts with some of the nicest open beat sounds which continue under the 4/4 for the rest of the track. Long slow synths lead into a soft flute (?) melody briefly. It goes then builds up again to the flute melody but while it's stiff soft seems to have more impact now. Next up is Magenta, It starts quite tech-y with very unnatural computer like sounds which continue throughout. A lot of strange sounds are used in this track and it has a very random feel. Track 6, A Whole New Way of Looking at the Day, however feels much more natural and the flute in this track really float nicely around the guitar cords, beats and half muttered conversation samples. A really nice feel good summer track, just too short. After that we get Indu with some nice simple basslines and beats. It's a little minimal and at times it doesn't really seem to be going anywhere even though it is quite varied throughout. No real atmosphere in the 1st half I'm afraid but it does get a little better towards the end. However it's the weakest on the album for me. Now comes California Sunshine, which is a belter. It starts off with acoustic guitar and vocals by Ranagit Sengupta. The melody played on the strings compliments the electronic melody running parallel very well. Another track that has that pure summer feel. Imagine walking down a tree lined boulevard on a hot summers day with the ocean to one side and a sea breeze through your hair. Nice! The 9th track Lux Boutique, is another short track but the short tracks on this album never feel like filler but more transitional. This one is a really nice blend of weird tech-y sounds and a nice soft melody of chimes which somehow manages to create quite a dark atmosphere, like a summer evening. Track 10, Last Summer Dub, does exactly as the name suggests it will. It's very dubby and it feels very summery. A simple, only slightly varying melody flitters about like a firefly's life. It feels upbeat and always doing the same thing but when it changes it's gotten slower and dying but then is reborn again briefly before the end. The last regular track is That Much Closer... which feels like a closing track to the summer. Think the end of summer, late september when it's not so hot but still comfortable enough to sit out on the grass with a few tinnies and watch the world go by. It's soft, it's dreamy, it's quite melodic and it's just nice. I bought this in Japan and like many albums I have been treated to a bonus track Opaque. I'm not sure what other versions have this but I think it's just the Japanese version. It's the longest track on the album and it's a damn good one. It is in the same feel as the rest of the album but a little futher on, like post summer or something. It is warm but less so than the others... to me it feels like the transition to autumn. The time when you might start wearing a jumper again but no jacket. It has wicked synths and it builds and drops flawlessly. "Take a Stress Pill" it says and to be honest that just sums up the whole album. Relaxing, this album makes you forget about your troubles and your worries and makes you think about summers past when your best memories come from. I love it, I've listened to it a lot over the past 2 years and it always makes me feel good and brings a smile to my face Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drosophila Posted August 1, 2006 Share Posted August 1, 2006 This is a great release! I finally got it on real cd not long ago, perfect for the summer nights and days I have had at vthe beach lately! Yet another brilliant release from LSD! If u like other LSD releases this one will be woth a serious listen! I think abasio says it all! Nice review dude! I dont have the bonus track on my version, why is it that we are dont get that in Europe, I find it a quite bad move from the label! They should treat everybody the same!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frontier Psychiatrist Posted August 9, 2006 Share Posted August 9, 2006 Wonderful album! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amphiton Posted September 24, 2006 Share Posted September 24, 2006 Just magnificent... why do I so rarely listen it? Perhaps the best LSD release. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abasio Posted January 1, 2007 Author Share Posted January 1, 2007 Just magnificent... why do I so rarely listen it? Perhaps the best LSD release.It really is magnificent! Do people around here really not know about this album? If you don't rush out and buy it now! You wont regret it come summer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sideffect... Posted January 2, 2007 Share Posted January 2, 2007 can't agree more after all this time still so crystal clear and one of the best, any second album coming up soon ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GodOfEmptiness Posted January 11, 2007 Share Posted January 11, 2007 Shared Light is one of my favorite short chill tracks ever. A Gem of an album. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nurbs Posted January 11, 2007 Share Posted January 11, 2007 Great album, after listen it again and again never get boring of it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drosophila Posted January 13, 2007 Share Posted January 13, 2007 Oh god I hope so Uhhu one of my biggest hopes of 2007..... This is a timeless release! I hope he can do it again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abasio Posted January 13, 2007 Author Share Posted January 13, 2007 Uhhu one of my biggest hopes of 2007..... This is a timeless release! I hope he can do it again If he does I am prepared for it not be as good as that much closer to the sun. It will be very difficult for him to match the quality of this release but even something half as good would be a great album IMO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueOrb Posted January 14, 2007 Share Posted January 14, 2007 spectacular release ...but i think abakus is not making chill anymore .....his new stuff is gonna be more of break beats ....cant wait to hear new material from him anyways :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abasio Posted February 5, 2007 Author Share Posted February 5, 2007 spectacular release ...but i think abakus is not making chill anymore .....his new stuff is gonna be more of break beats ....cant wait to hear new material from him anyways :-)Abakus is one talented son of a gun as this album testifies! Whatever his new style is I'm sure it'll be top drawer in that genre I like break beat so I'm looking forward to it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FTP Posted February 5, 2007 Share Posted February 5, 2007 Can someone give me some info about him??? This release opened up very srange memories about very strange place when I was taught to many arts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abasio Posted March 23, 2007 Author Share Posted March 23, 2007 ^^^^^^ See his myspace page http://www.myspace.com/artistabakus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astrognomix Posted December 27, 2008 Share Posted December 27, 2008 I'll add more props for this album so maybe it gets some added attention from people tired of all the 2008 releases It's definitely not psytrance, but it's a wonderful chill-out album and has made it to my sleep play-lists for sure... some favorites are Igamatik, Nightwalker and A Whole New Way of Looking at Things (gotta love those Easy Rider soundtracks, especially with Jack Nicholson's voice sounding so much like GW Bush and his name in the movie being George ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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