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JEFF SHAREL - RESISTANCES (STATRA) |
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It is with slow confidence that Anthem (Original) gently, with subtlety and even as you contemplate its almost exaggerated understatement (and before you realize it) pulls you in and prepares you (by injecting you with curiosity) for what comes after. You've already heard the more ambient introductory strains of Resistance and the subsequent Anthem has lulled you with its downtempo deliberateness. Now you're ready for the muted thump of the dub-influenced mellow house offerings of Something I Know. The mood is set and the listener knows what he's in for: solid mood, but presented with moderate eclecticism. Calling (Music) layers in the beats to cumulate in sort of an introverted, kinda breakish (with trancey hints) bit of electronic kicked back back grooviness. An elongated ambient tone gradually fades in from beneath, with the end result being downtempo with a hair of trances melody-mood minus the dance pace. A nice progressive piece. I Wont Come blends far-from-frantic D&B with vocal accompaniment. There's a Bjorkishness to this one that's quite mood enhancing. Afrocosmic Drums allures with its light beats draped across warm etherea. The B-side of D&B undergirds the dub-hop goings on of Nyabinghis (with a tad bit of the D-side - informed and influenced by the scratches ethic). One of the more eclectic reaches on the disc is Dounia with its rich but not overbearing world-flavored ambience; the music is coupled with equally mesmerizing vocals. Show Your Face is driven mostly by vocals that, with the minimalist pseudo-experimental soundscape backing music, function almost as acapella; not that the music isn't there, its just a very non-intrusive and soothing mist of ambient sky behind a singing woman (who, in more aggressive electronic settings, might be singing for a house - or maybe trance - track). Shadows closes the disc, an aptly named wisp that trails the listener back out of the solid chilled compositions that comprise Jeff Sharels Resistances.
-- review by Kristofer Upjohn
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