Dяεαdzoиε - Sεcoиd Ligнτ (1995)

Vintage dub from a different time and place than today. John Peel was pretty nuts about this record, which doesn't surprise much: the beats and samples are chosen and contextualized to a peerless degree, unrivaled in the realms of 90's synthesisia until the arrival DJ Shadow and his ilk nearly half a decade down the line, with some of the downtempo cuts such as the sublime 'Out Of Heaven' and the cooly skitterish 'Cave Of Angels' coming off as downright prophetic in retrospect.

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Sacred System - Nagual Site (1998)

My favorite side project of bassist/producer prodigy Bill Laswell, Sacred System is an experiment in dub, Miles Davisonian jazz fusion and a fair amount of le tribal electronique to give this delicious muffin that extra frosted kick, with results that aren't anything less than stellar when you give the seven tracks here the time they deserve.

In summation, this is ideal zoning/meditative tuneage that may even stimulate your mind, and you could do a helluva lot worse than getting lost in something as snazzy as this. 

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