More amazing music came out in the past two days than usually does in most months. If you've looked at the internet recently you know what I'm talking about. The album that has gotten the most spins for me in the past 48 hours is the Svengali Volume 2 compilation, which features new ADVANCED favorite Mister Lies and (now) newer favorites Different Sleep, Svengali, Soleman, and Maurice. These artists share similar interests and seem to all be exploring different types of modern bass music, leaning towards downtempo, skittery beats and twisted soul vocals. Mister Lies, who has released an EP and single of near perfect trip-hop featuring gorgeous vocals (both available for free here), seems to be turning his eyes to the juke rhythms of Chicago, where he lives part time, on his tracks here. On "...And Then..." he takes the Beach Boys classic vocals from "Hang on to Your Ego" and slows them to a crawl over stuttering beats. The gorgeous "Dive into It" features a duet of samples from Bjork and Justin Timberlake Different Sleep (who recorded a beautiful single and an excellent EP with Mister Lies) remixes a Jojo song into a goosebump-giving beauty, and absolutely kills it with the serene "Want U 2 Know". Svengali (ft. Maurice) takes what sounds like Destiny's Child's "Say My Name" and turns it into an a hook-filled jam that made me grab everything I could by him as soon as I heard it. Maurice collaborates with Svengali on three tracks here that bring sampled vocal hooks to the forefront. "Jack," which is credited to Maurice, cuts detuned and manipulated vocals into an unlikely, but very catchy hook over super laid-back beats. Soleman flips the script on the current trend of trap beats, laying subdued snare rolls and the sound of guns cocking behind some of the warmest music you've ever heard--like an ambient trap bath. Those are just some of the highlights for me, every track here is really good; and the whole EP holds a mood, but with enough variety to keep things interesting . If you've been paying attention to the kinds of music I've been listening to recently, none of this will sound wholly unfamiliar to you. But the richness and detail and beauty of this music will draw you in and hold you. You can stream the whole EP below and buy it for $1 or more. If you are really cheap, they've included a free download, too, at their Bandcamp site (where you can also get Volume 1, which is also great). I for one want to support these guys so they can make more music for me to put on repeat.
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