{"product_id":"cfcf-liquid-colours-vinyl-lp","title":"CFCF: Liquid Colours (Colored Vinyl) Vinyl LP","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLiquid Colours is a spiritual successor to CFCF’s \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.turntablelab.sbs\/search?type=product\u0026amp;q=cfcf+colours+of+life\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eThe Colours Of Life\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e cassette released in 2015 (and \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.turntablelab.sbs\/search?type=product\u0026amp;q=cfcf+colours+of+life\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003enow on vinyl for the first time\u003c\/a\u003e). Where that project breathed new life and sincerity into obsolete new age and smooth jazz tropes, \u003cem\u003eLiquid Colours\u003c\/em\u003e sends up the heavily commercialized high-gloss strain of drum \u0026amp; bass music that you might have heard softly piped into lifestyle department stores or spa waiting rooms in the late LATE nineties and early aughts. “I was interested in ‘corporatized’ pop jungle,” says \u003cstrong\u003eMichael Silver\u003c\/strong\u003e, “totally inauthentic to the genre’s roots. At its most oversaturated, jungle and d’n’b was briefly the sound of capitalism. In fact once while I was in the middle of working on this album I had to make a call to some customer service line or other, my bank or something, and the on-hold music sounded exactly like this record I was making! I really knew I was onto something then.” Using the same template as \u003cem\u003eThe Colours Of Life\u003c\/em\u003e and taking inspiration from heavily-distilled forays into the genre by pop acts like \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.turntablelab.sbs\/search?type=product\u0026amp;q=Madonna\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMadonna\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.turntablelab.sbs\/search?\u0026amp;q=Everything%20But%20The%20Girl\u0026amp;filter=Brand\/Manufacturer\/Artist_fq:%22Everything%20But%20The%20Girl%22\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEverything But The Girl\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.turntablelab.sbs\/search?type=product\u0026amp;q=Yellow+Magic+Orchestra\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eYMO\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e, Silver conjures a seamless, full-length suite that he envisions as - if the cover didn’t tip you off - potential Muji background music. While the execution is decidedly tongue-in-cheek (“paying homage and teasing at the same time”), the music is objectively enjoyable through and through, as is the corporatized crossover-jungle he uses as a blueprint (maybe it’s just me - \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.turntablelab.sbs\/products\/everything-but-the-girl-walking-wounded-180g-vinyl-lp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eWalking Wounded\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e is one of my favorite records of all time). But don’t let any of this high-concept shit scare you off; any of these tunes could easily be some lost \u003cstrong\u003eLTJ Bukem\u003c\/strong\u003e dubplate, executed with the same breaks rollage and sublime sound design as the best tunes by \u003cstrong\u003eOmni Trio\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003ePFM\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eFlytronix\u003c\/strong\u003e et al (you might even recognize some of the same samples), cut with ambient soundscapes, downtempo beats and \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.turntablelab.sbs\/search?type=product\u0026amp;q=Cocteau+Twins\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCocteau\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e guitars for extra dimension. Check out “Green District,” “Aquascape,” “Translucently Happy,” “Blobject of Desire” and “Subdivisions” for a taste. Originally released as a cassette earlier this year, now on clear vinyl with full color pic sleeve, recommended.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eclear vinyl pressing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003efirst time on vinyl\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003efull color printed insert\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003emusic label: BGM Solutions 2019\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003ereviewed by laughable butane bob 11\/2019\u003c\/h6\u003e","brand":"CFCF","offers":[{"title":"Vinyl LP","offer_id":30873171984474,"sku":"dm-5878","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/4542\/products\/cfcf-liquidcolours.jpg?v=1762277675","url":"https:\/\/www.turntablelab.sbs\/products\/cfcf-liquid-colours-vinyl-lp","provider":"turntablelab.sbs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}