Recloose - Perfect Timing

Album Review by Colin Chapman | 22 Sep 2008
Album title: Perfect Timing
Artist: Recloose
Label: Sonar Kollektiv
Release date: 29 Sep

In 1997, Matthew ‘Recloose’ Chicoine was signed to Carl Craig’s Planet E label, by way of a ‘demo on rye sandwich’ handed to the techno pioneer. The Detroit resident moved to New Zealand in 2001, a year before the release of his critically acclaimed debut album, Cardiology. His relocation gave him the opportunity to collaborate with many of the country’s talented musicians and vocalists. The success of his shared studio experiences led Chicoine to form the eight-piece Recloose Live Band, and again it's his work with others that shapes Perfect Timing. Steeped in funk, bongos, brass and moog squelches combine to offer an irresistible concoction that at the very least, should get heads nodding. Standards are high throughout but it’s the dreamy-soul of Joe Dukie sung Deeper Waters and the Tyna-vocalled So Cool, Emotional Funk and The Sanctuary which stand out on what’s the ideal soundtrack for cool, autumnal nights.

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