Gerd Presents: Sub Soul 2

Sometimes it's the one-off experiments that can be the most interesting. Without the pressure of creating a "real" album, artists can open themselves up to more sponteneity, experimentalism, and avenues they wouldn't normally take on a proper project. And so it is for the this second Sub Soul compilation presented by 4lux head honcho Gerd. On this second volume some artists, like Josip, The Astronotes, GrandEar, Milez Benjiman, OlivierDaySoul, Stevo, return with dope songs and beats. Artists like Cy Tru and iisiJii make their Sub Soul debut with mindblowing music. This is a soulful and sometimes a schizo-phrenetic, jumpy-smooth, anxious-relaxing set of tracks, rocking you back and forth, in and out of your comfort zone, challenging your ears and your attention span at every step. It's complex and mathematical in some parts, smooth and flowing in others. It never really settles in one place for too long. It's seventeen songs. If they can't snatch you from the jaws of complacency, then you might be beyond hope. Sub Soul 2 provides great tracks for using your MP3 player on shuffle - each one is it's own little gem of a short musical daydream. You get an interesting audio blurb of a surreal soundscape before you go back to a conventional song in your playlist. Call it diversity enhancement.