Black Gold 360
Beluga 2006

01. Fuck Your Best Friend
02. Wonderful Wonderful World
03. Atlantic Conversation
04. Bill & Jimmy
05. Feed the G
06. Venus Supine
07. Humboldt's Gift
08. Puha
09. We Are the End Result
10. Theremin

This is disgusting. Nothing good to say really. If you've enjoyed previous Triosk, Conjoint, Necks, Automotive, Hu Vibrational, São Paulo Underground or Huntsville releases, Black Gold will be one serious no-brainer; if you haven't, or just passing by here, Black Gold will be one no-brainer no less. Seems like I've spoken too soon on electro-jazz - there's a whole damn pool of it to drown anyone ('s thirst). Personally, I like the minimalist, cerebral kind, but can't argue with some power grooves either; BG360 falls right there between laid back and downright funky, energetic, more akin to Huntsville/SPU than anything else. What stands out most however, compared to the above: BG360 is actually a one-man-band in form of Simon Sixsmith (another Dutchman - beware!) whose crate-stacks should be pretty outrageous; he tops that with some gritty electronic work, from whirling mutilated jazz to glitchy, ambient, almost drum 'n bassy motifs; something like a psychedelic trip in sampling-carnival frenzy - you can barely keep your breath when it eventually collapses into Theremin... and then there's a hidden track that totally freaks the shit out of you, and makes you feel like it's all been a dirty joke. Yep, DIRTY is indeed best word to describe. Now excuse me as I go to have another bite.

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