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The Funky Lowlives
Cartouche
Stereo Deluxe
I am normally able to ascertain the merits of an album
quickly (a remnant of my time as an overworked music
editor). But the secrets of this London duo's (composed
of Jon Whitehouse and Gary Danks) Cartouche were
not revealed to me immediately. The sonic Rosetta Stone
that decodes this musical pastiche was difficult to
unearth, but ultimately worth the hard work. Colored
by the beautiful vocals of Clare Szembek on jams Breathless
and Irreplaceable, Cartouche is as much
a relaxed trip through the land of chillout as it is
ready, willing, and able to get everyone1s asses shaking,
at least in theory. Some tracks seem strained as the
album looks for its center, which, like an electron,
remains impossible to truly nail down. All of this said,
Cartouche is a challenging listen‹which is to
say that it takes more than just casual run through
to peel back the layers of pretty sounds to get the
point. -Derrell Bradford
Tracklisting:
- SaturnReturn
- Breathless
- Berceuse
- UrbanIllusion
- IWant 2 Know U
- Irreplaceable
- Cumagain
- Stay
- Games We Play
- Nevermore
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