AbSUrd - Close to Distantly

What do you get if you combine the following people: AbSUrd, Babel Fishh, bleubird, Ceschi, Filkoe, James P Honey, jamesreindeer, Papervehicle & univac? You can a really amazing album for once. But more than that, you get to witness the beautiful creativity of one of the most interesting artists out there today. Close to Distantly is a real masterpiece if you ask me. Very often when you get albums that feature 17 tracks you seem to get 6-7 too many and you wish that the artist would have cut it short instead. But with the latest offering from AbSUrd you just want it to keep going. Even though the album features this great cast of vocalists, I'm not sad to see that most of the tracks are instrumental. This French producer don't need emcees to paint amazing pictures with his soundscapes and sometimes the lack of voices is just what we need to fully appreciate the handcraft that every track on this album is. Yes Julien, you have just reached top 10 of 2011 without a doubt.

Rating: 4.5/5