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Lo Five - Aspirant

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Aspirant by Lo Five

Dreamy electronica with breaks

I could write an essay on the effect of a duff track on an otherwise excellent album (quite a few come to mind!) but in the case of Aspirant, as it's the final track, its negative effect is negligible (I simply stop playing it). The track in question is Cosmic Joke and sports an extremely tiresome sample of someone laughing. Carrying little of the enchanting ambience or nostalgic breakbeats heard across the preceding eight tracks it feels out of place, like it's been tacked on at the end as an afterthought or as some form of consolidation? Other than that, I love this album.

If you only listen to one track

The Way of the Golden Flower

Label

Waxing Crescent Records

Artist website

Lo Five

Release date

29 Nov 2024

Tracklist

  1. Original Spirit
  2. No Words
  3. The Way of the Golden Flower
  4. The Intimacy You So Desire
  5. Ghost
  6. Beneath the Waves
  7. The Observer Trap
  8. Prior to Sorrow
  9. Cosmic Joke
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