time for some svek again i reckon and i'm going to highlight one of the persauder tracks that is in regular titleschemes of various part of stockholm, but sort of isn't. in terms of geography "from west to south" means kungsholmen to södermalm* and that means västerbron. dahlbäck has named some of his tracks after bridges, most of them of rather small character compared to västerbron but that has nothing to do with this.
anyhow "from west to south" was one of the first track that i heard when i rediscovered jesper dahlbäck's the persuader project and it holds a dear place in heart. some of the elements reeks of, dare i say it, cheesy but it but that bassline makes up for the combination of the overly romantic keys & saxophone combo. you have to know how to place this in a set for it not to stick out but when jori hulkkonen plays it in his helsinki sessions mix, it's brilliant.
the other keyboard bits from dahlbäcks makes up for it like the noodling type seance in the end and the stabby solo in the break of the song. the latter is used with a patch that is so high pitched that it creates tension like no other and continues as the bass and percussion is romping back in. it doesn't release until a bit in and here dahlbäck improvised within the chords of the song and then starts to do these lush long notes a la "summer madness". simply put beautiful.
i have said before that there isn't one single jesper dahlbäck/the persuader production that sucks because the level is set so high that even the lesser good ones are brilliant. this one ranks amongst the highest with "kungsträdgården", "djurgårdsbron" and "slussen".
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*funny thing is that dahlbäck has two tracks called "kungsholmen" and "södermalm" and the musical transition between them wouldn't be like "from west to south".
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