Radio Citizen - Hope and Despair (2010)
Radio Citizen - Hope and Despair (2010)
Nu Jazz / Downtempo / Trip-Hop | mp3, CBR 320 kbps | 52:45 | 127.7 Mb
Label: Ubiquity Records | Release date: October 19, 2010
Nu Jazz / Downtempo / Trip-Hop | mp3, CBR 320 kbps | 52:45 | 127.7 Mb
Label: Ubiquity Records | Release date: October 19, 2010
Four years have passed since the release of Berlin Serengeti, the debut album from producer Niko Schabel and friends, aka Radio Citizen. His first album was an all-out assault of electronic music armed with organic tentacles that reached far into an eclectic bag of rough jazz and worldly funk. Schabel creates music that balances being accessible and exciting by way of his ability to blend the electronic with the organic. On Berlin Serengeti he seamlessly glued-together a loose collage of sampled textures and embellished them with gifted musicians and vocalists. On Hope and Despair he takes an even headier blend of raucous live instrumentation and works it into gritty songs and walls of sound with deft mixing and subtle studio trickery all rooted by heavyweight bass lines. His mass ensemble of musical friends often performs together in the Radio Citizen live show that developed after the release of the first album. Their unified musical prowess is reflected in the soloing, the harmonies, and all the interactions, that lift Hope and Despair above its predecessor.More info: www.myspace.com
Track list:
01. Test Me feat. Ursula Rucker 4:52
02. Skyscrapers 4:23
03. Summer Days feat. Bajka 4:36
04. World 4:00
05. Isarwellen 4:27
06. Hope feat. Bajka 4:20
07. Home 3:15
08. Therma 4:14
09. Move 5:44
10. Stop Or Go feat. Bajka 3:09
11. Last Exit 5:15
12. Midnight 4:25