Spiritual World Canada 黑胶唱片和CD

Review: The product of three "blissfully chilled" days spent in Toronto's Studio Z, Bluish Green is the debut release from sibling trio T3AL (AKA the Ball sisters and producer brother N_Sound). It was reportedly created 'almost entirely live in the studio' with little prior conversation or stated direction. Given this context, it's an undeniably impressive affair - a hugely evocative, atmospheric, and intoxicating affair that variously fuses elements of trip-hop, neo-soul, ambient, the pastoral sounds of neo-folk, and the gently sun-baked headiness of the best Balearica. At its best - such as on the Sade-meets-Mood Hut haziness of 'Weightless', the pleasingly dubby and spaced-out 'Flip That Switch' and the impeccably immersive 'R U 4 Real' - Bluish Green is spectacular - and there are very few debuts you can say that about.

Review: Incredible digidub drives from fellows Om Unit, Seekers, Frankie Downbeat and N1_Sound, all of whom have come together here to reimagine T3AL's debut 12" record with five new remixes. 'Bluish Green' came in May of 2024, selling out its initial limited edition 12" run almost immediately. Such watersheds warrant nawt else than revisitations by other artists, and boy, are we met with some potent detoxifiers here. N1's Stretch mix, for example, is all about the brushing 808 and the mutedly sumptuous femme vocal in the back, while Om Unit's version is exemplary of the early dancehall sound characteristic of digidub, wit the track affectionately described by the label as referencing the Casio sound equipment often used. Covering much nourishing ground here.

Review: 2025 trip hop done right. From the anthro-floral creatures depicted on the front cover, to its overarching muted parchment paper sound, Canadian debuters Teal portend a bright future career with their first ever LP Original Watercolour (Spiritual World). Comprised of Ashleigh and Melissa Ball, known as the Ball Sisters, together with producer N1_SOUND, this bi-coastal trio affirm a fresh, genre-bucking release. Themed around the innate interconnectedness of life as well as the personal journeys of the three artists, this winsome release celebrates subbing and dubbing both past and present, adult and childlike, as the jovial street soul jaunts of 'Sleep On It' contrast the barmy blear-waves of 'Locked In 2 Love' and 'Can't Shake The Feeling', to name a sweet few.