Lifted - 1

Five months into 2015 and I got my second contender for album of the year, following John T. Gast's Excerpts on Planet Mu. Bill Kouligas' PAN continues to be one of the most innovative labels in recent years and this debut album by Lifted is a prime example of their wonderful work. Lifted is an ongoing collaboration between Beautiful Swimmer's Max D and Matt Papich aka Co La, and the record features guests such as Jordan GCZ (Juju & Jordash) and ambient producer Gigi Masin. The resulting music is as varied as its ingredients: jazz percussion, ambient synths, and the piano; “1” does not fit into genre definitions, it breaks them up and re-arranges them beautifully.

The album is out now and available from the PAN shop, Boomkat or iTunes. Highly recommended!

Published on May 10, 2015