A meeting of French electronic champions, Chateau Flight is I:Cube and Gilb’r, two producers whose soulful down tempo style has earned them accolades from the likes of Air and Carl Craig. Fusing beatnik percussion and ’70s jazz-funk with electronic and post-rock elements, each song on Puzzle is distinctly different from one another, yet all hold a very natural flavor. The opener is a quirky vocodered dream that makes way for the bass riff of “Camping Jazz,” which meets post-rock minimal repetition with ’70s synth stabs and even a little ’80s-lite FM piano flourishes. Moving further into the album you’ll find deep house grooves, hyper jazz breaks, tribal conga attacks, and even a piece composed with water splashing. A expertly crafted piece of rhythmic bliss that gives a modern reflection on what you would imagine the sound of Parisian nightlife to have been in the ’50s, ’80s, and 2000s. – Joshua Glazer
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