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Kaya Project "Walking Through"
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Sebastian Taylor is one of the most talented electronic musicians we have out there. He is well known for his psytrance projects called Shakta and Somaton, but also drum ‘n’ bass influenced psy, like his Digitalis project. He has also been collaborating with Momi Ochion, and released three albums called Angel Tears on the Master Production label. They have made world music mixed with electronics, with most of their inspiration from the Middle East. Seb is now back with another chilled project called Kaya Project, which he releases on the high quality label Interchill Records in Canada.
Kaya Project "Walking Through" Interchill Records 2004 (ICHILLCD017)
1. Walking Through
2. Slide
3. Labess
4. Olelo
5. Twin Soul
6. Nightflower (Kaya Project Rmx)
7. Kanzaman Breaks
8. Tribal Shift
9. Stone Turns Black
10. Only The Brave
11. Resolve
12. Rise Above
First out is a beautiful, very relaxing track with not much electronic sounds, but a lot of instruments. Seb plays guitar him self too. You get this Arabic vibe that you can hear in a lot of his Angel Tears tracks. Totally organic relaxing chill, with dubby rhythms, violin, guitar, piano etc. Track 2 goes a bit slower and more floating. It has a deep, groovy bass, chilled dubby beats and some funky, relaxed guitars. In track 3 we get a lot of female vocals by the famous world music singer Irina Mikhailova. For the majority of psymusic listeners, she is probably most known for singing for Medicine Drum and ABA Structure. Besides Irinas beautiful voice, we get groovy bass and a lot of typical Arabic violin, done by someone named Jane Lishman. Track 4 has a more tribal vibe, with relaxed tribal drums and some vocals that reminds me of his Angel Tears project. Seb plays a lot of different instruments himself on each of these tracks. Track 5 continues the tribal vibe, with playing drums, some funky guitar and deep dubby beats. Here we also get some Indian vocals, and he plays some flute. Nice one.
Track 6 is originally made by Irina Mikhailova, but here we get a remix by Seb. Irinas vocals, relaxing guitar and drifting down tempo rhythms. You also get this floating atmospheric sound that he has used in several Shakta tracks lately. (Check out his latest Shakta album Feed The Flame on Dragonfly Records) Track 7 starts with a street sound from some Arabic country. Seb likes to travel around the world to get inspiration to his music. Then the deep dubby beats starts smashing together with a pure Arabic vibe. Reminds me a lot of the latest album by Toires (Sanäti). He twists the vocals quite a lot, and it sounds really cool. Track 8 starts with a beautiful female voice. Then it builds up, and the track goes over to a happy down tempo rhythm going faster than the other tracks on this album. Mixed in are also ethnic sounds and vocals. Track 9 goes back to the dubby sound again. This track was also released on the 13th Moon compilation on Interchill Records last year. Again it reminds me of Toires. Arabic sounds mixed with a western dubby sound. Track 10 is more relaxed. Seb plays the acoustic guitar and flute, and we get a slower vibe, still with dubby beats. Track 11 is a short little track with no dub beats and with mostly acoustic guitar and piano. He finishes this album with a floating track. Chilled easy listening, with some relaxing tribal drums, voices and organic instruments.
Mr. Taylor releases another high quality album. Relaxing chill out music I will for sure play a lot this summer. Personally I think a lot of world music easily become a bit boring, but Seb manages to make it more interesting, by mixing ethnic music with music from the west. So if you like his Angel Tears albums and artists like Toires, you should definitely check this out. Recommended!
PK (shivapks@hotmail.com)
