Nightmares on Wax - 2006 - In a Space Outta Sound

Artist....: Nightmares on wax

Title.....: In a Space outta sound

Rel. Date.: 2006

Type/Genre: Electronic

Size......: 58mb

Format....: mp3

Bitrate...: 128



1. Passion

2. Sweetest

3. Flip Ya Lid

4. Pudpots

5. Damn

6. You Wish

7. Deepdown

8. Chime Out

9. Me

10. I Am You

11. Soul Purpose

12. African Pirates



Architects of "chill-out" before the term even existed, Nightmares On Wax--the nom de stoned of Leeds-born ex-raver George Evelyn--have ploughed a long and lazy furrow through the genres of reggae, hip-hop, world music and soul in search of the perfect lull. Like the United Kingdom itself, Nightmares’ fifth album In A Space Outta Sound is a composite of diverse, often exotic geography, but importantly never sounds like a work of cultural tourism: on "Damn!", a devious snake charmer’s melody weaves almost subliminally beneath gentle, trippy gospel chorusing, while on "African Pirates", cyclical percussive rhythms meld seamlessly with white-gloves acid blips and honking dub bass.



What sidetracks your attention from these rather ambitious splicings is Evelyn’s talents for melody and repetition–the showtune horn-screech of "Pudpots", those sweet snatches of vocal that roll around in "Deepdown"’s Balearic tide--subtly working their way into your consciousness with blissful conclusion. Forget the young pretenders of chill like Zero 7 and Mylo, In A Space Outta Sound confirms Nightmares On Wax remain on a plane of their own.