The Sabres Of Paradise
Smokebelch II

The icon Andy Weatherall and his "cult" project. After their 1993 debut with "Sabresonic," the Sabres Of Paradise released the single that would remain historic in the realm of electronics. We're talking about "Smokebelch," another anthem that joins the countless of the underground/old school scene.

A sound that is not trivial, not ghettoized or fashionable, but rather pretentious. Yes, because Andy and his associates' creativity develops a stream of consciousness where one can expand greatly with various flourishes and embellishments. The trio's set is one of the best of the era. Trance is the foundation of their concept, but a piano scale that sweetens the auditory journey is the touch of class.

That piano that immortalized the Moby/Inner City/Underworld-oriented electronic music. (Do you remember "Children" by David Miles?) Aside from techno/hardcore, it's the instrument, or rather, the "voice" that distinctly enriches all other genres.

And we unmistakably find it weaving the spatial progression of "Smokebelch." A track you can remix in ten different ways and always achieve excellent results. Holmes' remix and the "Flute Mix" demonstrate this for us.

Part 1 contained in the debut is the primordial version of this excursion between jungle and science fiction. The atmosphere is always surreal, even in part 2, with that mood full of chiaroscuros and mystical landscapes that leaves no escape.

Ocean breezes mix with the Moon, stars, and clouds. The reverberated bass is something sublime..not even if they had employed a set of strings and violins would they have achieved better results. It is a supporting rhythm, "suspended in the incredible," as Le Orme would have said...

It is something spiritual, divine. There is no guarded oppression of the cyborg from part 1.

Bliss is reached. All-encompassing.