Sunkissed - Mixed By G-Ha And Olanskii

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Total Tracks: 16   Total Length: 79:27

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Todd Burns

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04.22.11
A veritable who’s who in Norwegian music, 2007 edition.
2007 | Label: Smalltown Supersound / Phonofile

Deep is the word that comes to mind when listening to Sunkissed. Geir Aspenes and Ola Smith-Simonsen have been spinning some profound bass at their monthly night (eight years and running!) in Oslo entitled, appropriately, Sunkissed. Their first mix is a veritable hipster who's who in Norwegian music these days: you'll find cosmic disco god Lindstrøm sitting right next to psych rock evangelists 120 Days, while Lindstrøm's favorite artist, Bjørn Torske, sneaks onto the mix with two tracks. Two relative newcomers have the finest moments here, though. Blackbelt Andersen's “Sandoz” is a funkafied slice of disco and Magnus International's “Kosmetisk” is a glittering disco ball of descending arpeggios. (Not coincidentally both can be found on the Full Pupp label, owned by another famous Norwegian, Prins Thomas.)

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House not house...

Pidipidi

This is like laying ears on something someone would spin that hadn't been, or wished that they had been, to Detroit or New York. Very refreshing - couldn't recommend it more.

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No, it's not just you...

rogergordon

I agree with the reviewer above. This is rather boring music. Thanks for the heads up.

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Or is it just me

Zigster

I downloaded this on the basis of a couple of glowing reviews here in Oz and the 4+ rating here on Emusic helped. But you know what? This isn’t truly great. If it was playing in a bar it would add good energy because it really bumps along and the sounds are tough enough. But to actually listen to? There’s not much to grab a hold of. “Whistling In Tongues” is OK. And “Brownbred” will make it onto a mix tape. But there’s just not enough that’s musical – and by musical, I don’t mean key changes, I mean musical. So buy it for the energy but don’t expect to be really grabbed by most of it.

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