Artist: Alif Tree Title Of Album: French Cuisine Year Of Release: 2006 Label: Compost Records Country: Germany Genre: Future Jazz / Electronic Quality: APE (tracks + .cue, log, artwork) Bitrate: Lossless Time: 01:01:01 Full Size: 347 MB
Tracklist:
01. Deadly Species 02. Belle 03. Enough 04. Forgotten Places 05. My Soul 06. Rain River 07. I Feel Blue 08. Amor Nunca Muere 09. 4 Vents 10. Melismes Extatiques
One of the most thoroughly engrossing and musically substantial electronic albums to be released since Portishead broke up, Alif Tree's French Cuisine doesn't belong to any particular electronica subgenre, although it pulls some of the best ideas from ambient house, downtempo, acid jazz, IDM, and experimental minimalism, among others. Highlights include the hypnotic "Melismes Extatiques," built on a short loop of what sound like church bells and sounding like the first five minutes of "Tubular Bells" as reimagined by Steve Reich circa "Come Out" and "It's Gonna Rain"; the lushly romantic, soundtrack-like atmosphere of "Enough"; and the remarkable acid jazz groove of the opening "Deadly Species." Sequenced with the same attention to detail as a perfect DJ set and varied enough to envelop influences ranging from Nina Simone to Erik Satie, French Cuisine is a delight. -- Stewart Mason