Title: East of Eden LP
Artist: East of Eden
Label: Distant Hawaii
Cat Number: HAWAII018
Genre: House
A1: Revolutionary Worlds
A2: Adventures In The Dream Tribe
B1: Days To Go By Ft. Javontte
B2: Adventures In The Dream Tribe Pt. 2
C1: Yume Name Koro
C2: Lost Horizon
D1: Dreams
D2: Bermuda
D3: Dub House
From the moment the first track starts, the listener is transported on a magic carpet of variable percussive frequencies, along which are draped layer upon layer of sun-drenched, tropical, bliss. It’s more than apt that three tracks directly reference dreams, as well as Javontte, whose laid back delivery evokes a carefree fall into a soft void of insensibility. There are occasional departures from the linear trajectory of comparative sonic indolence, such as the slightly harder edged ‘Adventures In The Dream Pt. 2’, ‘Dreams’, ‘Lost Horizon’ and ‘Bermuda’, but this is relative. The whole collection resonates as one within the church of deep house as preached by Larry Heard and Marshall Jefferson. It’s a complete piece of work into which an otherworldly MDMA-influenced (consciously or not) sensibility has been decanted. It’s absolutely brilliant and you need to listen to it from start to finish under optimum conditions. The dance floor would be a good start; failing that, skin up, sip from a large glass of Armagnac and let your worries evaporate.
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