Search - Boozoo Bajou :: Satta

Mellow Electronic Swamp Jam. Just about perfect

4RillaGorilla | 01/14/2007

(5 out of 5 stars)

"After reviewing a few albums on amazon and realizing I hadn't given anything 5 stars yet, I decided it was time to get positive. Maybe the first album that came to mind as undoubtedly deserving a 5-star rating was Satta. This is one of those rare albums with no weak tracks; you don't put this CD on to hear a few favorite songs, you put it on to play all the way through and let the mood wash over you. Don't confuse this to mean that you can sleep through it, though -- the tracks are all strong and varied. While certainly a chill album, it is one that commands your attention regardless, throughout the entire journey. (Different reviewers have felt transported to different places through Satta; to me it's a journey through a mythical, backwoods swampland somewhere in the southern US.) And I dare you to try to make it through the whole thing without breaking into some head-bobbing. I wouldn't even use my beloved Shuffle function on this album, feeling that it would unfairly disrupt the hypnotic momentum that starts building as soon as you hit Play. Transcendent and defies classification."