23 Seconds

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Total Tracks: 19   Total Length: 141:16

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Michelangelo Matos

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04.22.11
Electronic jazz trio builds epic landscapes without ever neglecting the funk-inflected groove.
2007 | Label: !K7 Records

The future sound of Detroit techno is in… Vancouver? Listening to 23 Seconds, the debut full-length from Cobblestone Jazz, it seems entirely possible. By themselves, Mathew Jonson, Danuel Tate and Tyger Dhula are among the genre's most formidable — and playful — producers (see especially Tate's recent Pushcard EP). Together, they create music of tireless delight. Throughout 23 Seconds, the trio piles tangential-seeming instrumental doodads (usually simple, sticky, clacking keyboard motifs, jazz-funk minus the ostentation) into shifting layers that build and ebb like a landscape without ever neglecting the funk-inflected groove.

“Lime in da Coconut” builds a head of steam with pointillist-riffing electric pianos spinning themselves dizzy over a lazy organ glide and busily syncopated hi-hat. The keyboards of “23 Seconds” burble and bobble like marbles undulating in olive oil; on “Saturday Night” they slither almost subcutaneously, along with a mysterious, treated human groan lurking in the background, as artificial-sounding handclaps and snare take center stage. Nothing stays in place for long, but 23 Seconds is so beguiling you won't need it to.

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Dump Truck...

ballanad

Was a massive track in the clubs recently. One of my fav of last year. Ta very much E music

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Hypnotic Electronica Funk

djChas

Never Heard of these guys before this release. (I believe, aside from a few 12" this is first thing they've put out) This is electronica the way I like it. Nice smooth hypnotic grooves, ideal for headphone listening. I am not a fan of techno, so to speak, but if you're seeing this labeled as such don't be scared away. I'd say this has more of a deep house vibe, minus the vocals. Overall, pretty sweet listening, albeit a bit repetitive, but if that's a problem for you, your probably not listening to electronica tracks to begin with.

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