EMOREJ >> “Potpourri”
I’m pleased to spotlight a very accomplished and refined piece of electronica. I can’t recall how I managed to find this album earlier this year, but I do know that on first listen I didn’t “get” it. I hastily removed it from my playlist and never gave it a second thought. (This happened to me before with Weekend Players’ PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS; didn’t get it on first listen, now one of my all-time faves.) Flash-forward to a week ago and I started listening to POTPOURRI in order to write about it and now, I can’t stop listening! Like other music I’ve featured here, this thirteen track album is available for FREE but I’d happily paid full price for music of this quality. Here’s my theory about buying CDs from an unknown artist: If there’s at least one song that grabs me, it’s worth it. In this case, with four tracks that I truly like… it’s miraculous. And when the cost is free, you can’t go wrong.
The album opens with a lovely, light drum-n-bass number, “Antwerp” and mid-way through progresses to a guitar-happy, sample-heavy religious ditty, “Genesis“. But nearer the end is when this album truly shines, with numbers like “Bliss” and my personal favorite, the dreamy/swirly “It’s OK” - for me, an paean to sleep at the end of the day. (Don’t let my description of “Genesis” throw you off; This isn’t a God-squad record. There’s lots of whimsy and even a hint of dirrty with tracks like “Safe Sex” and “Safe SeXXX“.)
Download the entire album (including cover artwork) at QED Records or at the Internet Archive.
Add comment September 14th, 2005