D Batistatos - Weeper On The Shore
2 ratings since posting on Saturday, June 13, 2009
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dont sleep on this one, perfect sunny grooves! - Chlorophil , posted 08/02/09 |
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STYLE Downtempo chill and melodic instrumentals. Weeper On The Shore is a beautifully tuneful album of cinematic electronica that draws on elements of dub, worldbeat, ambient dance and sunset lounge. Tranquil beats drive most tracks at an easy pace - lazy downbeat dance and breakbeat patterns with a bright crunchy feel to them. Most of the compositions here have strong melodic content - dreamy piano lines, thick echoing flutes or lush synthetic tones. The dub oriented pieces naturally see the basses come to the fore, pumping blunt pulses supported by reggae influence drum rolls and off beat stabs - although Dimitris tends to soften the impact with tinkling vibes or layered harmonies. Acoustic guitars are present in many places, lightly fingered phrases and crisp strumming rolling across smooth synthetic pads. Global instrumentation adds further colour to the music - violin strains, pipes, international vocals deftly threaded into the mix. MOOD Weeper On The Shore has a warm, tropical evening vibe about it, a subtle Mediterranean lounge flavour running through much of the album. The generous ambient spaces that introduce a number of the tracks in combination with the chilled piano themes and faintly wistful melodies establish a somewhat filmic quality, an evocative mindscaping that invites the listener to drift to imagine. ARTWORK Thus far I have only seen the front cover art for this package - an attractive shot of twin jellyfish on a smooth sea of blue. Like two glowing curls of bronze, the aquatic forms ascend from the lower right of the image, bright streamers and spinnakers trailing behind. The familiar pale horizontal borders of the Cosmic Leaf label frame the image and carry the legend "Sounds and impressions of underwater colors." OVERALL This is the second full length CD from Greek born Dimitris Batistatos and follow-up to his debut Architect back in 2006. Sticking with the Cosmic Leaf label for the latest album Weeper On The Shore contains eleven tracks including remixes by Cydelix and Zero Cult s well as a remix of the Red Eye Express track Vin Del Mar. Having a broad musical background in sound technology and audio engineering as well as playing various instruments himself Dimitris has worked with a number of popular artists and Greek singers beyond his own solo projects. WHO WILL LIKE THIS ALBUM Weeper On The Shore falls somewhere between the fields of psychedelic downtempo and worldbeat lounge - you'll enjoy this album if you are looking for something deeply chilled in style yet colourfully warm in tone. The best thing would be to try out the samples on the label's web pages: www.cosmicleaf.com - Morpheus Music , posted 06/13/09 |
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