Ready for something different? One of our favorite labels to emerge in recent years just linked with our favorite west coast funk maestro to provide our 2017 summer soundtrack; conjuring seriously deep & dissonant zones not touched since we first fell for him waaaay back in 2008 circa Burgundy City and Rhythm Trax IV. After setting the scene with tensely cinematic neon-lit arpeggios on "Apocalyptic Sunrise," Garrett launches head-first into some next-level g-funk waltz on "Right Now" (if we were gangbanging types, we'd be out in the parking lot practicing our C-walk to this one right now) to level the vibe, making way for dubbed-out climax cut "Slow Motion." Close your eyes and feel the shady palm trees floating past as you creep down Santa Monica Boulevard; you can almost taste the salt blowing in off the Pacific coast. Other highlights include the breezy Pasadena stroll "Home" and sublime, 12-minute saltwater float of "Angel Reflections" which briefly appeared on one of Garrett's soundcloud accounts 8 years ago and was momentarily re-upped a few years later in tribute to the late DJ Mehdi. Slip on your best pair of locs, take a deep puff of that Djarum Black, ignore all the hype and live your own life. Recommended.

• music label: Music From Memory 2017

reviewed by peanut dust 07/2017