NEW MUSIC: KAYA PROJECT
Something that claims to be based on field recordings of deserts raises expectation of windswept, ambient minimalist tunes. Wrong. This is fat bass territory, courtesy of the Gaudi remix.
Desert Phase, the fourth Kaya Project full length album, drew its inspiration from the time Seb Taylor and Natasha Chamberlain spent in some of the world’s largest deserts. Incorporating field recordings made while traveling across these windswept landscapes, along with additional studio sessions with several world musicians back in London, Desert Phase evokes colouful and dusty imagery of a timeless and mysterious terrain. Carrying on from where the digital-onlyUmmah Oum Remixes EP left off, Interchill decided to turn the distinctive Kaya Project sound over to the talents of a group of other accomplished producers to see what sort of re-interpretations would emerge. Scattered across 3 continents, the select remixers represent a diverse range of musical inclinations from dubstep, breaks, glitch hop, techno, drum’n’bass and modern downtempo sensibilities.
Calico Stomp really does. It starts with harmonicas, like its going to come on all Tinariwen. But after the slow intro, this really wrong foots with a bass so fat and deep, it’s dubstep. This is no chin stroking tune. This is made for the dancefloor.
Kaya Project – Calico Stomp (Gaudi Remix)
Buy from Interchill Records
ACID TED 
[…] This post was mentioned on Twitter by ACID TED, Press Junkie PR. Press Junkie PR said: Acid Ted CD Review of Kaya Project Desert Phase Remixes: https://acidted.wordpress.com/2010/11/11/new-music-kaya-project/ […]
Tweets that mention NEW MUSIC: KAYA PROJECT « ACID TED -- Topsy.com said this on November 13, 2010 at 6:22 am |
[…] had a track from the new Kaya Project remix album a week or so ago. It was so good I thought I’d check out the original album and the remix […]
[…] Kaya Project give Apollon a flamboyant tribal drummer feel and System 7 make For Such A Time into a re-tread of something from a 1990s System 7 album. Another remix that’s less than it could be (much as I like System 7′s work). Huff and Puff take Eternal Sunshine into epic ambient territory. A really good mix. Eat Static give Wimble Toot a Balkanised mix, not entirely successfully. The LP ends with Gaudi going for a rock bass underpinning to Lamentations’ eastern overtones. Another where the diversity of the mix elements work well. […]