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It’s a smorgasbord of sounds, moods and textures that call on the very ethos of the band; the pursuit of cohesion and togetherness in a fractured world. Through this lens, WEMA is a near-spiritual listen, invoking the sacred sounds of their global influences. The tape-delayed vocal samples and sparse industrial clangs of Kande are reminiscent of the kind of deconstructed beats you might find in a closing club set. Bendir Bendir’s pointillist\u003cspan class=\"bcTruncateMore\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003esoundscapes are juxtaposed with a warm chorus of Msafiri’s layered harmonies. Msafiri Jam Pt 2, with its uptempo percussion and atmospheric background noise, features the undulating hornwork of groundbreaking Afro-Cuban trumpeter Yelfris Valdes. 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It's a journey, it's educating the listener, it's telling a story. All those descriptions, hackneyed though they may be, apply to Erol Alkan's new 'Bugged Out' mix and 'Bugged In' selection, but they don't come close to capturing the indefinable magic that makes it sing. That comes from the sixth sense all great DJs have, the unconscious force that draws them to the next song, somehow knowing it will fit with the previous one even though it might seem unlikely. Call it musical clairvoyance, seeing into the sonic future. And no-one has the gift more than Alkan.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt's there from the start on CD1 of this two CD set - one side club-oriented, one aimed at home listening. He opens with the pulsing bass and twangy guitars of 'To Our Disco Friends' by Smith N Hack, a track that's ten years old, but which sounds bang up to date. He follows it with 'Sensation' by legendary Chicago house DJ Ron Hardy, then 'Gridlock' by In Flagranti. 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Pre-Kassian, a web of happenstance led Cummings to remix Danvers track ‘1997’, bringing in some extra instrumental sensibility from British musician and member of Ezra Collective, Joe Armon-Jones. This early moment in Kassian’s origin story comes full circle with Joe Armon-Jones contributing his languid and dialled in keys across the album and most prominently on the track ‘Aeolian Harp’, melting across the spectrum of Kassian’s musical register. In ‘Invision’ the beat and sample interplay creates a momentum, which stretches and limbers, glistening with detail in the periphery of the stereo image. The euphoric ‘Metro’ links back to Kassian’s experience writing for the dancefloor using more structured and openly emotive cues, in the rain.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWidening their net of collaborators they also enlisted Timothy Kraemer on cello, a neighbour Joe first met by chance on a chilly new years eve. Kraemer’s cello adds a range of soaring resonances focussed on texture, micro-adjustments and spontaneous improvisation. ‘’It gave it this natural improvisational feel as most of the recorded cello was done on the first take, a lot of Joe’s keys were taken from the first take as well, the first takes have that raw feeling to them’’, says Danvers. The contributing musicians were allowed to interpret the music they were hearing rather than being verbally directed. This is further reflected in the natural themes both nominatively and through field recordings which Kassian used throughout Channels. 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With its layered cello and arpeggiators and vocal sampling, ‘Peech Blue’ builds creating atmospherics which fade into static and the finale of the record ‘Limoncello’, a cerebral digestif for fading into a warm summer evening.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis record is an earthy thing, its naturalistic track names evoking recognisable and cyclically familiar moments, Kassian have provided a map for the listener at the forefronts of their minds. 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