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Trevor Loveys presents: 
2nd Nature
ERA
1xCD 2xLP Alola
This review was written by our good friend Wesley Zink, a real music-connoisseur and someone who we share the Freestyle spirit with. Thanks & Respect! The Freestyle Crew.

It's good. Real good. I'll say 9/10. You definately want it for your collection. Its not house of 909, nor older loveys work. not dancefloor (well, my  living room yes) it's quite original and very diverse -fast spots and slow spots- deep house and airy fluffy stuff too. More jazzy than expected. hip hop/ r&b influences too. I'm getting vaugue. 

You'll love the first track: 'forever after'- thumpin' bassline/ deep rhodes/flanged guitar/ high strings/ tight transitions- all the sheot we like.
Second track- jazzy horns way up there with perfect vocal samples and a GU-ish live bassline which makes a departure at the end of the track which is inexplicably timed - super head stuff.
Third track- roy ayers vocal sample 'baby... look to the sky'- very nice (I just changed my 8/10 to 9/10 above while I'm flippin through this for you). nuff said.
Fourth track- slows way down, r&b/ hip hop beat, contemp jazz male vocal duet with house female. first time I heard it I thought it was a little cheesy, but then I fell in love with the female vocal- played it for my girlfriend and she loved it and we got it on.
Fifth track- slow, atmospheric, nice flanged guitar, introspective vocal.
Sithx track- even slower. really deep. just a short interlude.
Seventh (gettin lazy now- and I'm workin) picks it way back up- house of 909 thick. tonnes of strings to chew on. trippy floating morning music. live piano solos.
TRACK EIGHT IS  MOVIN: 'GOT TO GO THERE'. this is my favorite song right now. its original, simple keyboard, perfect vocal sample, super deep bass- I would freak out if I heard this on the dance floor- but that's just me. driving. head boopin. goosebumps- all that. this one track is worth whatever it takes to get your hands on the album.
9 building, steady beat, even a HARMONICA!
10 another vocal, but light. airy. mature. slower. think beedle meets the lee bros.
11 title track. 16B influence for sure. steady high hats. old school 'play that beat' vocal sample.
12 smakin' bass, long breaks, jazzy guitar.
13 'depth charge'. (whew- I was flyin through this album) a nice departure. watch that sunset kinda stuff. perfect ending to a great album

Wes '99