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		Time For Trees Sometimes Always

The Archipel team heads south of the border for this latest offering of sublime melodies and beautiful atmospheric undertones. Denver’s Joshua Smith (Time For Trees) takes a dive into the deep and lays down the funky riffs coated with an unusual techno production stance but is still able to lure in the dub and house heads with well arranged jazz instrumentation and dark creepy bass wobbles. "Itty Bitty" begins with an eccentric journey into a lost land where mystic sounds collide with dark tech and acoustic background sounds wrap up the entire package with ease. The combination of the sounds in this track already shows how Time For Trees diligently works on his productions. “Still Waiting” stands out with its deep emanating horns and vocal from Laydan Bryant. Similar to the darkness and accented depth of Vitaminsforyou voice you almost hear the longing ache that he is trying to tell you here. The track itself is playable in the clubs but it’s also good for just listening to and enjoying at home, the versatile nature of it is what makes it so prominent. “Matthew Made Me Do It” is the choice pick for quirky and overall fun track, playable also on so many levels the sporadic beats and jazzy horns envelope your mind so quickly setting you at ease and comfortable with the sounds. It’s hard to turn away from the industrial edginess that Time For Trees emanates as well. Best related to mid 90’s industrial when the concept turned into a form of more static or structured sounds “Reduction” takes a dark turn into that area and makes it even bigger than it can be. Adding the essences of atmospheres and percussion it feels more listenable to even the average person looking for IDM. Driving the girls crazy on the dance floor doesn’t seem to be one of Time For Trees intentions but “Please Stop Shining” could definitely turn some heads and get em sweaty for a night. Whirling sirens dart through scratchy grooves and bounce over a thundering kick. “Faking For Diamonds” & “Stuck In The Throat” go into what seems like an abyss of submersive and murky sounds capes that may perhaps ease your mind or cause your mind to drift and think for hours. Sometimes Always can take you in a varied direction through music and with this being Joshua Smith’s first effort I could only imagine that the next EP or album will exceed this one with more production skills. Oxide - www.archipel.cc Archipel

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