Saru - Downtempo Dojo Digi-LP

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Saru Downtempo Dojo Digi-LP

acclaimed downtempo debut from the late 90s

label:: Shadow Records
price:: $11.95 - 320kbps mp3; $18.75 - wav file
or purchase individual tracks
available:: yes
item #:: 114-0017m-00
digital sales rank:: #677 of 1385

the lab review

Debut album from Los Angeles producer Saru, also known as Spooky Monkey on previous Bastard Jazz releases. Originally released on now defunct NYC label Shadow Records in the very late 90s, this record got tons of critical acclaim and almost immediately went out of print. Brooklyn's Bastard Jazz just snatched up the re-issue rights and passed it on. The sound is on some dark and chunky classic downtempo tip with twists of Japanese psychedelia, dub, golden age hip-hop, and post-shoegaze character rolled into a nice little package that should appeal to the headphone sect as well as fans of the whole Flying Lotus / Koushik / Nobody / etc sound. Check out the nasty textured break steez of "Posterity" , the oddly catchy (and pretty) darkness of "Something Stronger" "Duality" is on some sparse Boards of Canada type of thing, while "Jade" and "Subterra" take things even deeper. You get the idea. All in all a solid offering that never got the fair shake it deserved.

reviewed by DJ DRM 10/02/2008

tracklist		320kbps mp3	wav file
play audio	ALL TRACKS	$11.95	$18.75
play audio	Saru Posterity 04:31 108 bpm	$1.39	$2.49
play audio	Saru Something Stronger 06:34 84 bpm	$1.39	$2.49
play audio	Saru Duality 06:10 78 bpm	$1.39	$2.49
play audio	Saru Bamboo Shadow 08:47 92 bpm	$1.39	$2.49
play audio	Saru Waking Up 04:22 103 bpm	$1.39	$2.49
play audio	Saru Contact 06:52 80 bpm	$1.39	$2.49
play audio	Saru Jade 05:33 94 bpm	$1.39	$2.49
play audio	Saru Subterra 07:01 92 bpm	$1.39	$2.49
play audio	Saru Planet 08:10	$1.39	$2.49
play audio	Saru Space Monkey 01:32	$1.39	$2.49
play audio	Saru Fishbowl Funk 04:07 94 bpm	$1.39	$2.49
play audio	Saru Suck In Love 07:53 70 bpm	$1.39	$2.49