Arcana 
Label: Interchill Records
Catalog#: ICHILL CD 023
Format: CD
Country: Canada
Released: 27 Feb 2006
Genre: Electronic
Style: Dub, Ambient
Credits: Compiled By - Naasko
Tracklisting:
1 Tripswitch Calabi Yau (7:52)
2 Kaya Project One God Dub (Dubsahara Remix) (6:12)
Remix - Dubsahara
3 Zen Lemonade Soriya (5:56)
4 Don Peyote In Havana (6:35)
5 Eat Static Ocean Of Fire (5:51)
6 Hibernation Embers (5:36)
7 Noodreem Cicada Wave (Acacia Tree Dub) (8:18)
8 Dubsahara Harmonic Density (Rubicon Mix) (5:50)
9 Adham Shaikh Satori (8:07)
10 Jairamji Stabilizing In Chaos (13:10)
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Arcana is an evocative downtempo compilation where the familiar Interchill organic electronic...
...aesthetic is consistent across all tracks, appealing to both world music enthusiasts and psy-oriented listeners.
All tracks were created specifically for this compilation and are previously unreleased.The album features tracks from respected and talented producers including Seb Taylor (Kaya Project, Hibernation), Gus Till (Zen Lemonade), Greg Hunter (Dubsahara), Adham Shaikh, Eat Static, Tripswitch and Jairamji.
The Dubsahara remix of Kaya Project's 'One God Dub' is the outstanding result of the recent collaborative effort by two of the most compelling producers in the burgeoning East-West fusion genres, Seb Taylor and Greg Hunter.
The Dubsahara tune, 'Harmonic Density' features Kris Weston - formerly known as Thrash who was responsible for much of the best production during the vintage (and best) days of the Orb.
The music on Arcana is reminiscent of the seminal LSD Records compilation 'Mana Medicine' (2002) - striking album cover design by the digital artist Andy Thomas aka Android who has designed all promo material for Melbourne's annual Rainbow Serpent Festival in addition to album covers for Globaleyes and Turbo Trance Records. His work was also featured in the visionary art gallery in the Liminal Village at the Boom Festival in Portugal 2004.
This compilation follows along the successful releases of Kaya Project's, 'Elixir', the Dissolving Clouds compilation and the yoga styled mix, 'Sanctuary'
Canadian Interchill Records opens 2006 with a real bomb here. A new compilation, this time compiled by Naasko, who obviously knows how to pick out those real masterpieces from some of the best ambient/dub producers we have out there. The track list we get served here is simply amazing, and together with the beautiful cover artwork we get here, this is for sure going to be one of the highlights on the chill out marked this year.
British Nick Brennan is mostly known for his releases on Dragonfly chill label Liquid Sound Design, including his debut album Circuit Breaker released last year. An album which resulted in several beautiful live performances worldwide. He delivers a nice, dubby track, surrounded by atmospheric floating soundscapes. Nice, chilled start on the compilation. Seb Taylor aka Digitalis aka Shakta aka Somaton aka Angel Tears aka Kaya Project is allready well known in the Interchill family, with two albums released under this name. He has got great feedback, both in the ethnic world music scene, as well as in the lounge chill areas. Here we get a remix of one of his tracks done by a new project called Dubsahara. But, Dubsahara is not a new face to the scene. This is actually the new project by Greg Hunter, which is a talented producer most known for his Subsurfing project in the early 90’s. He has also produced music with several musicians within the world music genre, including the Alien Soap Opera and Fifth Sun projects. Here he gives us a lot of bass, dubby vibes and mystic soundscapes.
Zen Lemonade is a project by the couple, Super Cozi and Gus Till. Both long timers in the scene, with many different projects. The Zen Lemonade name is most known from their album LemonSoul released on Dragonfly Records in 2002. An album exploring experimental sides of psytrance. In the meantime, both of them has worked on different projects, which has resulted in several solo albums. Here they are back with a new chilled track, with ethnic vocals, organic instruments and floating vibes. Don Peyote is less known for most people, but has actually released two albums on Peyote Recordings, and a few tracks on various compilations such as on Green Ant. I guess many will get a positive surprise with this track. Pretty experimental, but nice. Tribal drums, nature sounds, flute ingredients and a bit of jazzy vibes makes it to a pleasant little journey.
Eat Static shouldn’t be a stranger to anyone who has listened to electronic music for a while. Pioneer(s) in the psychedelic electronic music scene, who has explored most sides of our music, including drum n bass, psychedelic rock, psytrance, techno, ambient, big beat and more. They rarely go wrong with their music, and the track we get here is no exception. Chilled, dubby beats with their typical “alien vibes” added to it all, here with some nice arabic vocals. Hibernation is a name you will for sure hear more in the near future. This is the new exciting project by Seb Taylor!! Album plans is on the way, and several tracks will probably show up on various compilations soon, so this is definatley something to look out for! The style he delivers with this project reminds me a lot of his Angel Tears and Kaya Project, but goes a little bit further away from the world music feel, and adds some more psychedelic vibes on it. Just the way I like it. Totally relaxing and beautiful organic chill.
Noodreem is another name you should watch out for. This is the chilled project by Darren Evans who has pereviously been involved with Dragonfly Records. The Noodreem project resulted in a beautuful track on the Mana Medicine compilation (Liquid Sound Design 2001), but other than that, this name is not very known yet. When I visited the Sonica festival in Italy summer 2005, I was lucky enough to pick up a promo album (One Love) he has released on his label Sangita Sounds (grab it if you can!). An album that for sure showed me that this guy has talent! The track we get here is really nice. Very organic, floating vibe with some ethnic voices and great melodies. I really hope to hear more from this artist in the future. Then it’s time for another beautiful piece of music from Greg Hunter and his new Dubsahara project. Again we receive a lot of bass and dubby soundscapes, mixed with arabic vibes and drums. I hope he will push himself into the studio and come up with a Dubsahara album one day...
One of my favourite producers when it comes to ethnic ambient has for a long time been Adham Shaikh from Canada. This guy is a pioneer in the chill out scene, with releases from as realy as 1993! Starting exploring synthesizers allready in the 80’s, this guy has for sure gained some good knowledge when it comes to music production, which has resulted in four albums (as Adham Shaikh), on labels such as Instinct Ambient and Dakini Records. Adham Shaikh seems to be an artist who never goes wrong. The track we get here is simply amazingly beautiful! Totally floating, mystic ambient. As a pretty big surprise, Naasko finsihes the compilation with a new track by Jairamji who rarley release music at all, but has gained great reputation after releasing a classic chill album (Kindred Spirits) on Japanese Dakini Records, plus a couple of tracks on compilations. They usually serve very long tracks, and the track we get here is no exception. It’s an ethnic chill journey lasting for over thirteen minutes, making us about as chilled as we can possibly get. Pure, floating ambient from beginning to end, almost without beats. Beautiful finish on the compilation.
This compilation is without doubt the best compilation I have heard from Interchill Records so far. Here we get pure quality from beginning to end, done by many of the most talented ambient/chill producers out there. Very good work done by Naasko! I rarely get this excited about a compilation anymore, but this will for sure be one of the major highlights in the chill out areas this year. Recommended!
