04Mar2010
Tangible
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Does a West Coast sound exist today? Certainly with people like Miguel Migs around, we're always going to talk about it, but the internet is leveling the old regional accents that we became accustomed to and maybe that's not a bad thing. This track from Gabriel Black could have been made anywhere in the world (and who knows, with a laptop studio, maybe it was). It's atmospheric and adventurous in a way that House sometimes no longer dares to be, and maybe that's why I'm associating it with the nostalgia of the mid-1990s, when the West Coast sound seemed to breathe new life into something getting a bit formulaic to a lot of us. On the remix tip, Q-Burns Abstract Message really takes this track and makes it his own with a laid back and heady edit that with a little adjustment of pitch control could even be played in a pure downtempo set.

Where Can I Find it?

Online at traxsource.

Preview:

None.

+ Track Listing Duration Recommended
01: Original Mix 8:02 our pick
02: Arturo Garces Remix 6:36  
03: Q-Burns Abstract Message Remix 7:37 our pick
04: Andy Sant Remix 7:48  
05: Beverly Chills Vox 6:38  
06: Beverly Chills Dub 6:38  
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terry matthew Terry Matthew is the managing editor of 5 Magazine. You can contact him at terry@5chicago.com.
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