It’s time for the third album by Kukan Dub Lagan. The previous two albums were received pretty well by the dubloving public, and this one will be no exception. If you’re a bit into world/fusion or dub music you can’t go around his name anymore, he’s a bit like Toires was back in his high days. The nice thing about this album is the many influences (like reggae, electro, latino music) and instruments (piano, guitar, flute, drums) that can be heard throughout. Itay Berger did a nice job here, also with the really positive vibe that springs forth from this album. It has to be your cup of tea though. If you like your chill more along the lines of say, Solar Fields or Aes Dana, then you’re totally wrong here. As I said, the positive feelings flow throughout this album and at times it has these nice little electro influences, like in Psychedelic Funk-o-delic (T4), which has these 8 bit kinda electronic little samples in it. Scratch (T9) also features these elements. Tracks like The Re-Turn of the Master (T5) and New Life New Vision (T10) are all about dub again, with a kind of reggae feeling to them. The whole album feels like relaxing on a sunny day with a big chair, a book, a cocktail and some nice music playing in the background (this album, obviously). I needed some time to adjust to this, especially since I normally don’t really indulge in reggae like vibes, but this album didn’t have any vocals as such and I found myself intrigued by it. I’ve been playing it for some time now and I’m still making up favorites as I go along. |
