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CANARTIC - HEADPHONE TEST (DANK DISK) |
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Canartic is a stunning and highly refreshing journey into chilled ambience and cool/warm textures. It's not your typical Amethystium/Delerium/Enigma grooves (not that there's anything wrong with those). Nor is it slowed disco downtempo like Chicken Lips. Neither is it straight ambient tones. Then again, it's not dub, either? So what is it? Who cares what you call it (except that this challenges the poor reviewer)? It's delicious and capturing (both the ears and soul). It's soundtracky in a positive way (in other words, I'm not saying it's background music), having the flavor of something you might hear in a movie set in dark clubs and soulful nighttimes, but it's got personality and doesn't sink into oblivion, suitable only for casual consumption. Lots of tastes and textures flow through here. At the core is a sexy but subtle jazz sensibility informing the music. The beats are downtempo and very content with themselves; they create so quietly such a strong groove. I envision lovemaking and a city skyline. Steamy streets. Ambience oozes from the various elements that make themselves known from time to time: ultra-chilled guitars, quiet but knowing beats, gentle but assured electronic tones, ambient ice floes and that souljazz spirit deep within. Airy but not vapid, thickly atmospheric but not weighing-down, Canatic's "Headphone Test" is among the best chillout you're sure to hear in a long while. -- review by Kristofer Upjohn
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