Oceanic & Greetje Bijma

Swallow A Party LP

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• 1 Swallow A Party
• 2 Step Snake
• 3 Never Done
• 4 Technicolour Memories
• 5 Mist In Tide
• 6A Window Drifting

The range and versatility of Bijma’s vocalizations is breathtaking, while Oceanic’s music – which cleverly incorporates the free-jazz singer’s vocal notes, tones and proclamations – swings between becalmed beauty and breathless intensity. Some of the set’s most striking moments are those where Oceanic re-contextualizes Bijma’s varied vocal sounds with the dancefloor in mind. On the pulsating Technicolour Memories, up-tempo “Step Snakes” and hypnotic Never Done, Bijma’s scat outbursts not only ride Oceanic’s rhythms, but also form part of the densely layered percussion tracks beneath. Like the release’s more downtempo and ethereal moments, these hybrid organic- synthetic compositions defy easy categorization, offering a unique brand of alien electronic/acoustic musical fusion that lingers long in the memory.