Phantom Channel’s second download compilation, like the first, is available for nothing from the label website. It’s an eclectic, if generally downbeat, collection, which expands the parameters considerably from the first.
The collection hits its stride with track three, “Tired of Losing” by Engine7. It’s a muscular, upbeat technopop instrumental whose warmth is tempered by the buried sample of a man seriously losing his rag, giving the piece a creepy feel. Three gentle instrumentals follow. “European Clarinet”may sound too much like the sax solo from Pink Floyd’s “Shine On You Crazy Diamond” for its own good, but Chris Tenz’s gossamer-light guitar piece and Chaz Knapp’s short cello and piano tune are both excellent.
Other highlights include Unflower’s sprawling, eponymous epic – a fantastic slab of dark ambience. “Slow Bass Flute” could have beamed in from a seventies Cluster album. Gold Panda’s “Like Totally” starts out all scratches and birdsong, but brilliantly morphs into something that sounds like a pastoral Arab Strap. Eerie Days’ “Conscience” is a strong finish to proceedings. It’s a beautifully slow, sad ballad that would have graced the first Goldfrapp album.
Phantom Channel Presents..Part 2 is much more like a traditional compilation album with its up and downs, where the first had the feel of an expertly pieced together mix-tape. And you can get it for nothing, so what are you waiting for?
(Music Musings and Miscellany)
01. Loose Lips Sink Ships - 3
02. Shoosh - Pestilence
03. Engine7 - Tired of Losing
04. Mikkel Lentz - European Clarinet
05. chris tenz - I Thought I Was Past This
06. Chaz Knapp - Delicate Goodbye
07. Hurra CaineLandcrash - He WhoLeaves Her, Makes No Sense
08. Unflower - Unflower
09. Icon x6 - Substance
10. Elisa luu - Slow Bass Flute
11. Konntinent - Anurik 2
12. Gold Panda -Like Totally
13. Eerie Days - Conscience
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Shoosh - 'Pestilence' Promo Clip
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