va – electra (elusive)

judging by the sound that this record offers, it’s nothing but a classic. it’s that classical sound derived from basic idm, through the contemporary variations of post idm to the melodic electronica...the sound that elusive have to offer with their third release would be best described as: warm and melodic electronica flavoured with organic elements. a standard description for styles mentioned before. so what is it that’s new here? the sound and the style surely not, but maybe it’s something to do with the individual production implemented in the sound that this label treats. twenty tracks, by twenty different musicians, all coming from ireland, with every track sounding alike from the melodic pop concept’s point of view which is evidently what this compilation intends to offer us. therefore, apparently those are the label’s intentions as well, or as they have stated: an initiative to gather different components, to find something which could connect these, but which by the traditional means of a compilation would be different. nevertheless the result in general would be a record with a linear character and at the same time presenting a fine sounding whole, instead of a sampler splitted by tracks/artists. in case this was the aim of the compilation, i’d call it successful. but if the aim of this compilation was to present many variations of sound, its perfect accordance could be its fault. anyway, their primary idea, concerning the context of the sound, was above all, to present any kind of warm sounding melody. slow and melodic piano, guitars, cutt-up deep rythms, soothing bass lines and occasional vocal samples. different moods, ambients, some calm, some louder, ambiental melodies and strong dancing rythms....even some hip hop variations. so they are successful in this as well. finally their attitude states that this compilation is about consistency of sound that glides through the different moods, energy levels and styles it contains. as far as the consistency is concerned, we’ve already proven that. various moods... that stands too. styles....only in the means of this melodic sound. apparently it is clear because the rest of the styles aren’t even included.