- I've taken to listening to Bubble Club's "The Goddess" once a day—first thing each morning after the clatter of the alarm clock rudely awakes. It's a stroke down the cheek, a sunbeam through the curtains, a smile of reassurance to combat the morning chagrin. A bongo-driven beat strolls unhurriedly along this Balearic beach—the whoosh and bubble of tide are a palpable presence—while chords anchored by a full-bodied bass hold your hand and say, "everything's going to be just fine." Alongside previous release, "Violet Morning Moon," it's hard to imagine that Dan Keeling is anything other than the cheeriest man on earth.
I've taken to smoking things I shouldn't when listening to Quiet Village's remix, a track so far out it probably does enough on its own to court substance regulation. Sub-bass plods meet bongo reverb and, eventually, the elating progression of the original only this time sans bass and beats, floating in some empyrean chamber of antigravity. It's long, with extended periods of inactivity, and to the casual ear it may drag a little. With a limber mind, however, the longer it drags the better.
Tracklist A The Goddess
B The Goddess (Quiet Village Remix)