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Various

The Chants Of The Holy Oyster

Kalahari Oyster Cult (OYSTER40)

Release date: May 5, 2023, Belgium

Dancefloor squarely in focus, the Cult assembles on a compilation spanning alumni and new inductees alike. It’s an assemblage of the fractal, explorative and ritual-ready; at once a focused distillation of the Kalahari sound and celebration of its many acolytes. Big on atmosphere, heavy on groove, we delve deeply into the musical DNA shared by all who grace the label.

Tough, direct cuts (Sansibar, Roza Terenzi, Big Zen, Maara & Priori) to the pristine and widescreen (S.O.N.S., Volodymyr Gnatenko, Adam Pits), this is all quintessentially Kalahari. Elsewhere though, the likes of D. Tiffany and SW. journey further into realms of abstraction: the former opting for hi-tech, dreamstate IDM, while the SUED co-founder dissolves a house template into dubby introspection.

Calling upon contemporary talents for the most part, there are also exceptions. Raymond Castoldi - the one-time house producer best known as Madison Square Garden’s music director - returns with an unreleased nugget from ’91, while an ‘Aliens’-sampling track from Detroit-indebted techno outfit Syzygy gets the reissue treatment.

A1

S.O.N.S - Force Of Will

A2

Volodymyr Gnatenko - Subra

B1

RDS - Plooooooink

B2

Ray Castoldi - 1991

B3

Maara - C'mon

C1

Big Zen - Really Bad Habit

C2

Furious Frank - Red Herring

D1

Sansibar - Between Two Circles

D2

Roza Terenzi - Beat Pig

E1

Adam Pits - Spreadable

E2

Sound Mercenary - Float Downstream

F1

Syzygy - Can I Dream?

F2

Sohrab - Silk Road

G1

D. Tiffany - Ghost Filter

G2

Maara - Floating In The Swamp

H1

Oma Totem - sardana sardana

H2

SW. - biXsiXstreetliCKs

H3

Eversines - Onigi (Ambient Version)