ORGANIC AUDIO
Last One Home
Nettwerk/Tummy Touch
· Full-length from former Freaknik, Andy Spence, issued domestically via Nettwerk.
Tummy Touch, long the home of British oddballs like label founder Time Love Lee, Tutto Matto or Los Chicarrans, revels in that quirky jazz side of British left field. Most of the label's full-lengths are odd amalgams of house, worldbeat, breaks, downtempo and porn movie samples. Combine that legacy with the Freakniks’ deeply serious jazz-tipped beats and breaks and the result of Organic Audio is not surprising – lighter in mood than the Freakniks but deeper in groove than most of the same ilk.
While Last One Homedoes not have the awesome space of label-mates Groove Armada or the severe Philly groove of Tutto Matto, it falls somewhere between the two. Still, this hybrid is a nice romp down the quirky sparkling left-field back alleys of Andy Spence’s mind. The true standouts of the album are the two downtempo tracks – one the retooling of Bohannon’s "Save our Souls," retitled "Autosave Us," and the last track, "Always the Sun," which, full of chanting samples and sweeping synth washes, lazes about among Kruder and Dorfmeister/Freaknik territory. While it's not brilliant, Last One Home will be a nice accompaniment for lazy hot summer days.
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