Various - Avocado Dreams

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  • Avocados are hot shit right now, causing rabid demand in Europe and thefts in New Zealand. But if you were expecting Avocado Dreams to be a four-track ode to crazed desire than you obviously don't know Leipzig's Kann. Even by their usual subdued standards, the label's latest compilation EP is low-key. Most of its four contributors are new to Kann but not to its lamplit moods, and they suggest four different ways to turn house music into a lullaby, gentle and faintly sad. Giegling's Leafar Legov kicks things slowly into gear with "Cenote," whose sweeping pads build to a cinematic climax and then fall away over a pleasant nine minutes. Label co-founder Bender goes for the same basic structure on "Think Green," but he doesn't quite nail it. The percussion is a bit heavy on its feet, and the chords aren't rich enough to merit their sluggish progression from smooth to rough. Mary Yalex's "Bellflowers + Unicorn" ditches even that simple dramatic arc. Instead, its crisp shakers and sidesticks lilt along in near-stasis, while featherlight synth patterns loop and twirl and the odd string chord drifts past. The delicate arrangement is only let down by the compression: everything sits crammed hard behind the kick drum, before lurching into the foreground during breakdowns. Matt Karmil's "Love Letter" is the odd one out. If Actress had used deep house as the template for his grim, enervated Ghettoville then it might have sounded something like this: a downpitched loop of vinyl crackle, piano and unintelligible voice that repeats unchangingly for five minutes. My avocado dreams are a little bit racier.
  • Tracklist
      A1 Leafar Legov - Cenote A2 Bender - Think Green B1 Mary Yalex - Bellflowers + Unicorn B2 Matt Karmil - Love Letter
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