Kaya Project Tops our January Top 25.
Kaya Project makes it’s way to the top, no surprise since it was our Echoes CD of the Month for January. Kaya Project’s Seb Taylor actually gets a double hit since his Hibernation album, Some Things Never Change, also made the list. But Kaya Project points to a resurgence of World fusion over the last two months., The number two selection is Bombay Dub Orchestra‘s 3 Cities. That was a CD of the Month in November and is still riding high. Other world fusion exponents on the top 25 list include, Uriel with his electronic Middle Eastern fusion and Ottmar Liebert, still here with his mid-summer Nouveau Flamenco album, The Scent of Light. It’s nominated for a Grammy this year.
There usually aren’t a lot of new albums on the list in January, but among the newcomers are electronica singer, Jen Pumo with All Over the Moon and bassist Erik Scott with Other Planets. Look for this former Alice Cooper sideman to top the list next month since he’ll be the Echoes CD of the Month for February.
John Diliberto ((( echoes )))
ECHOES TOP 25
JANUARY 2009
| 1. | Kaya Project | And So It Goes | Interchill |
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| 2. | Bombay Dub Orchestra | 3 Cities | Six Degrees Records |  |
| 3. | David Helpling and Jon Jenkins | Beyond Words | Deep Exile Music |  |
| 4. | Sumner McKane | What A Great Place to Be | Don’t Hit Your Sister Records |   |
| 5. | John Gregorius | Heaven and Earth | Spotted Peccary |  |
| 6. | General Fuzz | Soulful Filling | Self Released |  |
| 7. | Motionfield | Optical Flow | Somnia |  |
| 8. | Uriel | Culture Shift | AD Music |  |
| 9. | Anja Lechner and Vasillis Tsabropoulos | Melos | ECM Records |
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| 10. | Michel Banabilia | Precious Images | Streamin’ Sound |  |
| 11. | Jen Pumo | All Over the Moon | Brother Hum, LLC |  |
| 12. | Erik Scott | Other Planets | Self Released |  |
| 13. | Neil Jacobs | 12 String Guitar | Adena Productions |  |
| 14. | Hibernation | Some Things Never Change | Aleph Zero |  Amazon MP3 |
| 15. | Ottmar Liebert | The Scent of Light | Spiral Subwave Records Int’l |  |
| 16. | Johann Johannsson | Fordlandia | 4AD/Touch |
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| 17. | Sounds from the Ground | Brightwhitelight | Waveform Records |  Amazon MP3 |
| 18. | Ian Boddy | Slide | DiN |  |
| 19. | Dante Bucci | Reminiscence | Self Released |  |
| 20. | Wolfert Brederode Quartet | Currents | ECM Records |  Amazon MP3 |
| 21. | Jeffrey Koepper | Luminosity | Air Space Records |  |
| 22. | Thomas Newman | Towelhead | Lakeshore Records | |
| 23. | Carl Weingarten | Lost in the Air | Self Released |  |
| 24. | Cam Newton | Oregon Outback | Summit Records | |
| 25. | Sentieri Selvaggi | Plays Gavin Bryars and Philip Glass | Cantaloupe Records |
| Kaya Project’s
was the Echoes CD of the Month
for January 2009
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I really like your selection and I already have a copy of five of them, although Motionfield was quite a surprise to see here. If only it was easier to buy these in digital download form at higher bitrates as I do find that the 256kbit/s of iTunes ruin such refined music.
Why was Motionfield a surprise?
I’m not saying it was a bad album, I love it. I’m surprised that you would include it as an “echoes” entry as I’d classify it more in the electronic/psy-dub/ambient arena. How would you classify the genre that this site is about, or is it just what you like?
I don’t get much into the micro-genre management thing. Motionfield fits in with the broader ambient category and that’s a big part of what we play on Echoes. So that includes everything from Eno to Boards of Canada.