Musick that Needed Work - S: Saafi Brothers

 

I came across this ten-year span of Saafi Brothers releases that all needed work. Whipped them into sharable shape & offering them up here to all who are interested in chilling out with this downtempo psychedelic trance Dub ambient band of brothers.

 

The Saafi Brothers are two German musicians, Gabriel Le Mar & Michael Kohlbecker (early on a threesome along with Alex Azary) related by their musick. Nothin' beats the discovery of extraordinary music for me. When I first heard these super talented musicians from Frankfurt in the late 90s with their unique take on fusing dub, techno, & electro, it was a pure audio delight. The best chillout music around.

Saafi Brothers' debut Mystic Cigarettes came out in 1997 on the British label Blue Room Released. Its deep ambient tunes are layered gently into tranced & bassy beats. On this, their debut, the project consisted of Gabriel Le Mar, Alex Azady, Groovetitan, George DIN, & Michael Kohlbecker. 

 

Saafi Brothers - Mystic Cigarettes, Blue Room Released BR032CD, 1997.
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Sweet Sirenes    
On Air    
2046
Together in Silence
Supervision    
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After a long tour with numerous DJ sets in clubs & numerous festivals such as Tribal Gathering/UK & Roskilde/DK, the Saafi Brothers returned to the studio in early 2000  & recorded their second longplayer on Blue Room, Midnight's Children. The album expanded on the Bros. willingness to experiment, going deeper into the floating sound clouds of Dub, psychedelic ambient, lo-mo trip hop & subtle techno beats with ethnic elements making for a much more Goa trance sounding release.

  

 

Saafi Brothers - Midnoght's Children, Blue Room Released BR087CD, 2000.

Altered Future
Into States of Consciousness
Free Senses
Wellness Farm
Mystical Chants
Degravitating
The Deep (Part 1)
The Witness
The Deep (Part 2)

 

 

 

 

While their third album Liquid Beach followed the chillout path of their first two releases, with  trance, Dub, downtempo, & sun-kissed psychedelics, it contains more danceable elements as well. It has been labelled "danceable listening music". The zero-gravity ambient sounds, relaxed pulsating grooves & mystic harmonies let you either dream or dance, a masterpiece of sound design often not present in other chillout tracks. Ethereally stretched samples, endless morphing soundscapes of vigorous grooves & mighty Dub bass abound.

 

 

Saafi Brothers - Liquid Beach, Saafi Records SLR001-2, 2003.

Summerhills    
The Green Cloud    
Seven Horizons    
Feelings Per Room featuring Jasmin Pour
Fusedub    
Sunchild    
Metapop (After Morning mix)
Liquid Beach    
Lovin' Music featuring George DIN
Metapop featuring Dea Li

 

 

 

 

With their fourth album, Supernatural, you should know what to expect from the Brothers, electronic sounds from ambient to Dub with lucid soundscapes & blissful themes. Here are occasional languid female vocal samples & the duo's frequent use of vintage Moog sounds that give these tracks an almost hypnotic quality. As always, the Saafis put together a unique blend of riddims & synthesis, hard to describe but wonderful to behold. They make the supernatural seem perfectly natural. Hope you've enjoyed these as much as I.

 

 

Saafi Brothers - Supernatural, Ayia Napa AYA20803-2, 2007.

Supernatural Pt.II    
Ready for the Rise (Prepara)    
Under the Sun    
Frankfurt Beach    
Take it Slow
Two Windows
Lunatic    
High Moon    
Something Outside    
Under the Stars
Supernatural

 

 

 

The fix is in, 

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