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- Date Released: October 7, 2003
- Genre: Electronic
- Style: House
- Label: Om Records
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We Say...
Perhaps as a comment on the perpetual motion his life as a jet-setting DJ demands, Mark Farina delivers a meditation on the ebb-less tides of touring, lacing small, quick samples of air-traffic controllers, airplanes and traffic noise amidst unmade beds of demure, decidedly un-clubby house beats. The multiplicity of production ideas betrays Farina's roots as one of the progenitors of the Chicago house scene — he's all for soulful vocals, robotic electro minimalism and letting sounds stand alone rather than dousing them in effects. "Dream Machine" — featuring the vocals of Sean Hayes — is built on a banjo sample, an elastic bass line and muted washboard beat; it's a soft charmer, with Hayes' gentle, fey cooing juxtaposed against an anthem for "snakecharmers and rebels on the dance floor." This deft subtlety is classic Farina.
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They Say...
The man behind the trippy Mushroom Jazz series releases his first collection of all original material, the exotic, strange, and funky Air Farina. It's mostly quirk and jerk, but Farina is a talented man with an excellent sense of melody and flow. His ability to pull hooks out of stutters and stops makes him a more soulful and accessible brother of Aphex Twin; you can hum along with him while wondering, "How did he do that?" Farina must have found some old airline flight instruction LP and he uses bit and pieces throughout. Tracks are seamlessly mixed together and the ongoing flight theme makes this a journey you'll want to stick with the whole way through. Chicago house's influence on Farina is obvious, but like Fatboy Slim, he also has a sly, upfront sense of humor with his samples. The occasional downtempo number (like the tropical "Dream Machine") breaks up the album just enough and an especially boisterous rap from People Under the Stairs sweetens the deal. Air Farina shows he's just as good a producer as a DJ, and one hopes he gets a little less close-fisted with releasing his own tunes.
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| 01. |
Take Off |
0:41 |
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Love Make's |
4:00 |
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| 03. | |
Layover 1 |
0:57 |
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Betcha Do |
4:25 |
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Leaving SF (w/ Lance Desardi) |
4:10 |
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| 06. | |
To Do (w/ Kaskade) |
3:17 |
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| 07. | |
Talk To Me |
3:59 |
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| 08. |
Layover 2 |
0:36 |
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Dream Machine feat. Sean Hayes |
6:08 |
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Layover 3 |
0:57 |
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Fusbol |
7:06 |
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| 12. | |
Dropped Into Water |
4:47 |
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| 13. | |
We Gotta Get |
4:35 |
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Gramma So |
4:18 |
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| 15. | |
Gramma Si (Late Night Mix) |
2:04 |
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| 16. |
Layover 4 |
0:39 |
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Travel feat. People Under The Stairs |
4:58 |
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| 18. |
Layover 5 |
0:45 |
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| 19. | |
Radio (Lost Baggage Mix) |
7:24 |
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19 Total Tracks, 65:46 Total Length
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Credits
- Mark Farina - Arranger // Mark Farina - Producer // Lance De Sardi - Producer // El Busby - Vocals // Enzo Garcia - Banjo // Kaskade - Arranger // Kaskade - Producer // Sean Hayes - Vocals // Henry Sarmiento - Engineer // Henry Sarmiento - Mastering Engineer
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