Mostly made and recorded while he was self-isolation in Canada, Jacques Greene‘s new EP, Fantasy, came out of Greene’s exploration into presence and the blissful side of solitude.
The first track on the album, “Taurus,” hooks you within six seconds with its killer beats and meditative vocal sounds. “Memory Screen + Fantasy” is layered with trance beats, ambient chords, and images of Greene reliving his childhood through, like many of us, his computer or phone screen and memories.
According to Greene, “Relay” was made on multiple machines and recorded straight live and only fiddled with a bit in later editing. It’s a fun track that sounds like hip video arcade music. “Sky River” has thick electro-beats backed with haunting, smoky vocals from Somimagae about awakening the light within us. “Got to leave here. You are not the only one.” are the only lyrics of “Leave Here,” the closing track on the EP that, as Greene puts it, are “…kinda the most direct reference to the Get Me the Fuck Out of Here vibe of this whole record.”
Mission accomplished, Mr. Greene. This EP, brief as it is (just over twenty-one minutes), is a wonderful escape from winter chills, lockdown blues, or wherever you find yourself wishing for peaceful space.
Keep your mind open.
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