The epitome of its genre, this one has many standout tracks: Little Fluffy Clouds, a fluid, trippy groove; Perpetual Dawn, an urgent, driving stomp; and Star 6 & 7 8 9, the most infectious, bouncy, happy track you'll ever hear. The sonic journey of spacey ambient excursions fills out the rest of the collection - turn it up and let the sounds take you to an out of body experience.
It used to be easier to pretend that an album was its own perfectly self-contained artifact. The great records certainly feel that way. But albums are more permeable than solid, their motivations, executions and inspirations informed by, and often stolen from, their peers and forbearers. It all sounds awfully formal, but it's not. It's the very nature of music — of art, even. The Six Degrees features examine the relationships between classic records and five… more »
