Yagya

Sleepygirls

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• 01 Sleepygirl 1
• 02 Sleepygirl 2
• 03 Sleepygirl 3
• 04 Sleepygirl 4
• 05 Sleepygirl 5
• 06 Sleepygirl 6
• 07 Sleepygirl 7
• 08 Sleepygirl 8
• 09 Sleepygirl 9
• 10 Sleepygirl 10
• 11 Sleepygirl 11
• 12 Sleepygirl 12

The classic ambient dub techno album by Yagya celebrates its 10th anniversary with this lovely re-issue on Delsin. This album is a real treat and after 10 years still gaining more fans and listeners since the initial release in May 2014. It is the fifth album of Icelandic producer Yagya, and a real deep, spacious and dubbed out affair that stays locked at a pleasingly sedentary tempo throughout. Since 2002 Yagya has been crafting lush electronic albums and always manages to find pure bliss and beauty and his simple, nature inspired soundscapes. "I wanted to create an album that's atmospheric, repetitive, and easy to listen to over and over again," says the man himself. "Something that works well in the background (e.g. when concentrating on work), as well as up close in a big sound system. I also wanted to learn how to make my music sound better than before, since I'm a huge sound-nerd, so that was a part of the goal for me personally." The album is a fine fusion of tropes from Yagya's earlier albums, features jazz instrumentalists that improvise beautiful melodies over monotonic, almost drone-like, techno beats and also uses live recordings of Japanese vocals, saxophone and guitar to counter the repetitiveness of the rhythms. Right from the rolling bliss of the opener, you're suspended in a womb like pillow of sound that is soft, warm and serenely beautiful. As tracks roll on, the pace stays the same but themes vary from upright and summery to more elongated and insular. This is natural, organic dub that is a delight and a pleasure to listen to. The vinyl versions of each track have been specially mixed with random LFOs, sonic quirks and unique fingerprints making them the subtly different to the CD version, but overall this is a brain soothing and mind melting album that can soundtrack lazy days, long summer afternoons and warm winter evenings in equal style. Limited edition anniversary repress with black/white artwork.