Post Description

Artist ...... Bill Laswell
Title ....... Lo. Def Pressure
Type ........ Album
Label ....... Sub Rosa
Cat.Number .. SR150
Genre ....... Drum & Bass
Street date . 18-05-2000
Rip date .... 03-01-2013
Source ...... WEB
Url ......... http://www.beatport.com
Encoder ..... Lame 3.97
Ripper ...... Beatport
Quality ..... 320kbps / 44.1 kHz / Full Stereo
Tracks ...... 2
Size ........ 116.57Mb

01 ... Shivamythscience                                   23:36
02 ... Black Ice                                          24:37

Total:... 48:13

Bass-wielding producer extraordinaire bill laswell
straddles two continents, with one foot planted in
New York and the other stepping firmly into New
Dehli. lo. def pressure is built of two extended
sound-panoramas which incorporate the best of both
worlds. Mixed and mastered in NJ and NY with
additional recording from Bombay, Dehli and Madras.

Pattering tabla rhythms merge with determined
drum-and-bass stylings in shyvamythscience (23:36),
behind which ambient textures swirl like incense
smoke. Laswell's beyond-dub basslines wind through
the proceedings, without overpowering the delicately
hypnotic haze which unfurls like an exotic tapestry
to be stitched by thousands of syncopated drumbeats.
Rhythmic elements come and go, sometimes dropping out
entirely to let the backdrop shine in a gorgeous
state of ethnic-influenced ambiance, as in the
several-minute-long closing passage.

A shimmering clouds of flutes and sultry ethno-beats
warms up black ice (24:37) for the oncoming bass
which thrums warmly. The Indian percussion melds
seamlessly with the Western world's drum 'n' bass
beats as both tirelessly pound on. More than midway
through, the general atmosphere slows to a peaceful
gathering of energized serenity. Eventually, the
rhythms turn wispy, fading into a lovely twilight
world of glowing resonance in a peaceful nightsky.

Cross-cultural pollenization has rarely sounded this
good, but what do you expect from master bill
laswell? A bit too muscular to qualify as "ambient"
per se, but to miss the drummy, dreamy 9.1 textures
of lo. def pressure would be a shame.