International Feel Uruguay Vinilo y CD

Review: Blissful Balearic brimmers from the artist known only as Basso, whose longstanding efforts as a record collector, label head, storyteller and all-round obsessive all pay off with this latest record via International Feel. Keeping the curation short and sweet, Sitting In Trees is an eight-track rendezvous to the Island; it follows, in a well-timed fashion, on the hot heels of his very own label Growing Bin, whose releasing of music in this vein knows few bounds and is by now probably more than overflowing. Sifting through the reams of dusty but still golden trance tapes, private presses and smooth jazz obscurios to find the cuts - by Peak Of Normal, Patrick Jahn, Erobique et al - to make up this short but sweet LP's worth.

Review: Pop on your space suit and lock in for an intergalactic Balearic ride at the hands of Luca, whose new Terra LP is a terrific trip through the cosmos. This is a second full length from the artist born Francesco De Bellis and it follows on swiftly from his well received Venus EP early in 2022. It's a fr-reaching musical journey with retro-future synths glistening in the solar rays, loose and jumbled drums suspending you amongst the stars and pieces like 'Capitolo 2 Coscienza' with its spoken word elements contouring up the feeling of some mystic ritual dance.

Review: V.S. and Studiogruppe 1 are influenced by '80s bands like Tangerine Dream, Vangelis or Manuel Gottsching, and as Mark Barrot's International Feel best described "manage to capture widescreen emotional flash points without the need for celluloid, or barely any visual aid, for that matter." It's also good for polishing up on your German; whether it's the the neon-lit soundtrack of 'Erinnerungen', the gloomy frozen lake at dusk vibe of 'Wenn Der Tiefe Schlaf Kommt' or the cosmic reductions of 'Spahren Am Strand' - they're just just some of the highlights.