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Cosmic Balearic Beats Vol.1 Review

Friday, September 26th, 2008 | Album Review, Music | No Comments

If there ever was a practical compilation title award then Cosmic Balearic Beats Vol.1 would be a nomination. Cosmic Balearic Beats Vol.1 is…. well Balearic beats of a cosmic nature and it’s the first volume that Eskimo Recordings have put out. Mixed by Skinny Joey, the emphasis of the CD is to provide a platform for nurturing and developing new talent from all over the world. With the likes of Lindstrom, Prins Thomas and Allez Allez on Eskimo Recordings, you know this CD is going to be a funk fed free range organic chicken of a mix.

It covers a lot of ground with the track selection taking influences from Disco, funk, house, italo and electro. It’s set at a handbag strutting pace and oozes shoulder shaking funk with fuzzy synthesisers. The opening two tracks, Footprints by Stratus and Phoreski’s 80’s Boy embody that classic disco sound with plenty of cow bells and funk basslines, whilst Malstrom’s Petrichor amalgamates Moroccan influences with nu-disco.

As the mix progresses, more and more variations on the disco sound trickle through. Rubberroom’s midway track Cockroach has psychedelic synths and guitars, whilst the breathy vocals on Cosomo’s remix of Spektrum’s Fit Together is reminiscent of the Blondie disco days. The mix begins to round off with Ichisan’s epic and spacey Radar Pulse is Sent where the riding synths and step up in tempo sets up the grand finale to go out on a bang.

If you’re currently liking the nu-disco sound, then this CD is a great representation of the new talent coming through in this genre and an excellent showcase for Eskimo Recordings.

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