Bobby Browser: Still Browsing 12″ EP (100% Silk, 2013)

September 6, 2013 at 11:13 pm | Posted in Reviews | Leave a comment

Bobby Browser: Still Browsing 12″ EP

You might be able to tell that I buy a hell of a lot of NNF/100% Silk releases, simply because most of them are incredible. This one’s been a favorite as of late, just really classy late-night house. Lots of pretty, melodic synth-strings, some flutes during “Theme From Tony’s Party”, and perfectly placed vocal snippets. “Airplane Mode” has probably the biggest late-’80s Detroit vibe to it, particularly the drum machine and synth bassline, but the cloppy electronic bongos and chilled out chords take it somewhere else. “Baby Dre” is a slower-tempo number which could be a Soul II Soul instrumental, except it has seagulls and waves in the background, and a somewhat unexpected synth melody which shows up during a breakdown, and sounds a bit different from the rest of the track but fits very well. This record feels like it could run the risk of being too swanky and smoothed-out, but it just works so well and it just feels good listening to it.

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