Search - Buscemi :: Mocha Supreme

Great soulful Belgian breakbeats

09/09/1999

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This drum and bass/chill out solo artist reaches deeper into the more emotional side of breakbeats than most. These songs have a unique sense of longing while still remaining true to the genre. I highly recommend this album though it's the only good artist I've heard on this label."

Lively cafe music

Richard Diaz | 06/23/2000

(3 out of 5 stars)

"The cover for this album by Belgium producer Dirk Swartenbroekx, (a.k.a. the more pronounceable Buscemi) depicts a woman sipping coffee, gazing out the window. This is indeed the music she'd hear while she reflects and imagines. As the soft rain patters and subdued breakbeats of the title track "Mocha Supremo" drift in, she'd have a hard time resisting.This dynamic resounds through most of the eleven pieces; intricately programmed percussion, ranging from breakbeat to slowed drum and bass styling, with mellow melodies and snippets. Think a lively Tosca, or Kruder & Dorfmeister for the café set. Tracks like "Gloomy Business" and "Soap Girl Nina," work well under this premise. For variety, you get the house vibes of "Desole" and the distinctive, stuttered beats of "Fingersnappin' After Dark." Perhaps the most notable tune is "Noise's Leasing," aptly named for the large sample of Underworld's "Pearl's Girl," but twisting its style throughout its length.A few tracks barely rise above wallpaper music, and "What the Funk is Happening?" is jarringly inappropriate to the mood, but that doesn't detract from this lively lounge for the modern listener."