Leave it to Stones Throw's resident leftfield electro dude James Pants to do the kind of spaced-out electronic mix that'll get you travelin' high speed on the astral plane properly. This is "Ice Castles - The Coming Of A New Age", or maybe the coming of "New Age"? (har har) No seriously, I wish I could listen to this thing on full blast surround sound in a planetarium. The mix starts off real slow and easy with some Gregorian chant type ish to get you in the mood, then onto a wiiiide medley of moogy, proggy, ambient cuts chock full of vintage analog synths and electronics (with a couple current cosmic disco tracks mixed in for good measure). The whole mix has that same quirky, but cool vibe that many of Pants' own tracks possess... spacious and spacey! Features tracks from Brian Eno, Racines Synthetiques, Weather Report, Yellow Magic Orchestra, Tonto's Exploding Head Band, Tangerine Dream, Ardy, The Painter Of Love, Dick Hyman, and of course James Pants. I can't help but picture Pants burning special candles and gripping crystals while he made this mix, but honestly I can't hate - I'm a fan of this sort of stuff. About 40 minutes long.

reviewed by snackmaster