Phuture Shock Musik レコード& CD

Review: Argentinian-in-Barcelona Karmasound makes his vinyl debut on Bristol's Phuture Shock with this insane six pack: "Compra Pan" is a rim-shot driven light-footed jazzy wriggler with some perfectly warmed synth noodles that have a mind of their own and "Flashback" is a brilliantly frazzled upbeat acid jazz session that's never quite comedown since the 90s. Elsewhere "Summer Plan" yearns for the warmer climes with a bruk-ish chord arrangement and golden vocal harmonies, "Dulce De Leche" takes us closer to the dancefloor with a little loopy mischief and swaggering beats while the title track "Probabilidades" takes us on much more of a late night trip with a cascading bassline and some wonderful sleazy talkbox magic. "Sobremesa Eterna" plays the final lullaby with its dreamy chords, slo-mo bossa and cheeky bass wriggles in the fills. All packed into one massive 12", this is very significant release.

Review: Following a handful of killer nu-jazz singles over the last couple of years, Damian Botigue is finally ready to release his debut album as Karmasound. As you might expect, "La Busqueda" is a vibrant, colourful and musically rich affair, with Botigue doing a stellar job of delivering tracks that variously join the dots between jazz, broken beat, soul, early house, boogie, jazz-funk, samba (see the wonderfully warm "Lo Unico Que Quiero") and what some might consider Balearica. The Latin influence is particularly strong throughout, though it never dominates (even some of the most obviously Brazilian-centric cuts are really broken beat jams with added samba swing). As a result "La Busqueda" is an impressively diverse set of 21st century fusion jams.