A new EP from Andres y Xavi came out last Friday, four tracks all named after cities- hence the title of the EP, Cities. All four are lovely pieces of work but two in particular stand out and both are well over eight minutes long. The first is Lagos, which rolls in with tumbling piano chords and the chk chk chk of a shaker. Then there is bubbling, Afro- funk bass and the thump of the kick drum, both chilled and hot. Halfway through there's a breakdown, stuttering synths and the start of a chant and then on four minutes a vocal works its way to the front, a lovely combination of Afro vocals, Balearic piano and dancefloor shuffle.
New York and Chicago are two of the other three other cities the tracks are named after. Lastly there is Sant Antoni, eleven minutes of Mediterranean facing electronic beauty, a long into with synth chords, bleeps and rising ripples. The bass turns up eventually, prodding, and then a Soul II Soul drumbeat kicks in. Late evening down by the waterfront. At six minutes it all drops out to just the piano and an ambient synth sound, the bleeps and then just the piano on its own, gently heading towards what seems to be the end.... and that drum break kicks back in and we're off again...
Cities is out now on Higher Love at Bandcamp.
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