Artist: A.M. Architect
Album: The Road To The Sun (Digital)
Label: Exponential
Catalog: EXP-17 Release Date:May 5, 2009
Tracklist:
01. Unspoken
02. Please Help Me
03. Albatross
04. The Bull Of Heaven
05. Road to the Sun I
06. Road to the Sun II
07. What If
08. Upon
09. Next Of Kin
10. Sleepless Nights
11. Gave Me Love
12. February
About: After creating some of the most sought after songs on earlier Exponential compilations, A.M. Architect delivers a powerful debut effort called The Road To The Sun. The beatific digital duo of Daniel Stanush and Diego Chavez mash organic grooves and synthetic glitches through hip-hop's prism and come up with head-bobbing exposition. Their full-length debut recalls similar fusions from Madlib and Thievery Corporation, filled with samples, jams and jazz. The group is currently working on their second full length album, A Pattern Language, due out late 2010.
Wired: "Because it's trip-hop at its finest. The beatific digital duo of Daniel Stanush and Diego Chavez mash organic grooves and synthetic glitches through hip-hop's prism and come up with head-bobbing exposition. Their full-length debut recalls similar fusions from Madlib and Thievery Corporation, filled with samples, jams and jazz. Loose and accomplished, it's also one of the most trippy spacewalks of the year."
Scissorkick: "The beats here possess more of an edge, ocassionally touching on some propulsive BPMs. The melodic sensibility on their debut LP “The Road to the Sun” is one of it’s biggest assets."
Analog Giant: "The duo specializes in glitched-out beats and unintelligible samples, creating something both ambient and that spans genres. The dabble in hip-hop mixes in some jazz and ambiance."
rcrdlbl: "The duo drizzle ambient, fuzzed out beats over ethereal guitar builds - creating calming, lush ambient affect."
xlr8r: Next of Kin (Ernest Gonzales remix) - This Ernest Gonzales remix of their track “Next of Kin” blends ambient outdoor sounds with the din of distant conversation, giving the impression of a garden party interrupted by a complex instrumental of buzzy bottom synths, light interwoven electric guitar, and sped-up bongo and electronic hand claps.
