i've been meaning to do an entry on any of the tracks from andreas saag/swell session's 2007 album "swell communications" for a while now and it took a while to pinpoint the exact one but for the record. there isn't a bad track on the album and i could write about any of the songs but i picked the first track of the album. which is a cliché in it self if it hadn't been for the fact that it's immense.
saag's modus operandi for the album was to work with some of his musical contemporaries, friends and producers he liked and for this track it's a collaboration with british producer dominic stanton aka domu. on the album it's split a two parter with a two minute intro and by saag's own story, he prepared some music before the session and then completed a track.
the end result is this chunky broken beat meets hip-hop kind of ordeal, sort of flying lotus and rustie, but with a underlining soulful r&b influence. saag says that he decided to split it for what was going to end up on the album and domu handled the intro which is more of the former as it's just rhythm with chopped up sounds, scratching and a filtered steady bass.
it also does it's work as being an intro as it teases in the main part which saag was going to do. the vocal that starts the track is a sign of esmeraldas bright presence on the track. her singing and lyric is a part to what makes me love this song but fact is that i got hooked to that bassline.
which is odd since it's not a bassline like a "push the feeling on" or "body language" or "lfo" or a track that is known for it's bassline and it's really something that responds to the backbeat. i love it and i remember it getting into my head so hard that i had to steal it for some other beat i was working on.
the only thing that baffled me is how this didn't get bigger attention than it did, it should have crossed over to the mainstream radio circuit as it's perfect in the adult contemporary scene as well as the less mainstream r&b dancefloor.
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