Artist: Various Artists
Title: ...After Hours 2: Last Call
Year Of Release: 1995
Label: Instinct Records
Genre: Future Jazz / Electronic
Quality: FLAC (tracks + .cue, log, scans)
Total Time: 01:06:38
Total Size: 341 MB
Tracklist:
01. 8UP - Rubberneckin'
02. Slowly - Nimble
03. A.P.E. - No. 5
04. Red Snapper - Lobster
05. Conga Strings - Black forest
06. DJ Cam - Mad blunted jazz
07. 9 Lazy 9 - Very gently
08. No Se - Das land
09. Dark - After dark
10. Funki Porcini - It's a long road
11. Koolfang - Jambient
Another episode of the After Hours compilation series pits the world of acid jazz enthusiasts against a world of music collectors that probably should know better. The slow jazz-funk of 8UP or Black Forest is here for those unusually interested while the tiresome 9 Lazy 9 tries their very best to keep the blood pumping in this deathly boring CD. Luckily, there are also quite a few tracks that realize the difference between a rut and a groove. Both "Lobster" by Red Snapper and "Dark" by After Dark fuse a fascinating blend of (admittedly) new age electronics with an affecting glide of abstractions. Not to mention DJ Cam's effortless "Mad Blunted Jazz" trying to take up the slack made by even the worst of acid jazz's earnest criminals. For what it's worth, After Hours, Vol. 2: Last Call accurately lays out the scene's highs and lows in one package, successfully collecting a wildly inconsistent -- and often outright testing -- subgenre. -- Dean Carlson
