Transient – Over the River and Through the Woods {[one016]}

Artist: Transient
Title: Over the River and Through the Woods
Label: One
Catalog #: [one016]
Release Date: 2004/11/17

Transient has developed his own niche blend of downtempo mixed with, well, everything else. Often sample heavy, he skitters around in time conjuring images of worn vhs home videos, dark rooms and smoke filled lounges — yet manages to salvage a modern and personalized sound by refusing to surrender to the confines of the retrospective..

Each song is a unique experience, but the release remains coherent as a whole. Most likely this is through the use of scattered vocals on songs like “look” and “my last goodbye” — a welcome addition that seems to provide the motif for the rest of the record. A theme that sits well with the dirty breaks, jazz, ambience and even theatric moments that also appear throughout.

Tracklist:
01 – electronic data
02 – basks
03 – so fine
04 – railroad flying machine
05 – no friends, no enemies
06 – hoagie hound
07 – look
08 – everything dub
09 – macrame
10 – forest zone
11 – my last goodbye
12 – muse
13 – adk thunderstorm