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Theo Parrish - Parallel Dimensions
What to say about Theo Parrish? His records are almost impossible to get hold of, he's well under-exposed, and yet he's been doing it for time and never missing a beat. Part of the appeal of Theo is his exclusivity: you do have to work to find his sleeveless mixes. You don't hear his records at regular house nights.
Now that 'Parallel Dimensions' has been reissued on Ubiquity, that 'exclusivity' argument doesn't hold as an excuse for not owning a Theo record. I'm not dance-literate enough to quite explain what this album represents. I've heard it described as 'micro-house', and that makes some sense to me. There is something deliberately understated, even as the bass reverberates throughout. Something almost melancholic or nostalgic: not often found with any degree of subtlety in dance music. But there's also that hovering darkness and hints of pure evil, like, appropriately enough, in the track 'Nefarious Stranger'. Like Moodymann's releases of the last few years, it's progressive, melodic, and deeply deeply soulful without having to belt it out from the rooftops.
So get it. And get one up on your Theo-less friends.
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Post je objavljen 24.06.2009. u 20:56 sati.