The debut album by Color Cassette rears its head under the new Mobeer sublabel, which The Remote Viewer are calling "Moteer's microbrewery". If you've followed the Moteer catalog at all you know what to expect here, instruments, electronics, and found sounds colliding to form gentle downtempo and indielectronic folk. A fair amount of effort goes into such patchwork music, and in the past it's been easy for albums of this style to be hit and miss. But the last few releases out of the Moteer camp seem to have a certain magic, with no missteps and containing nothing but absolutely stunning compositions. Color Cassette are arguably the most shining example now. Small Town Smoker is as charming as they come, and the myriad of different sources of sounds converge to form a cohesive sound that, to be honest, I think is more enriching than anyone that's done it before, including label founders The Remote Viewer or label stalwarts The Boats. I'm not sure what the Lexington, Kentucky based duo did before this project, but the labor employed here suggests that these men have been honing their skills for quite some time. What's also impressive is that Color Cassette maintain that Small Town Smoker is just the b-side collection for their proper debut "Forevere Sparrow" due soon from Autres Directions. An impressive debut even if it's not meant to be.

Style: Indielectronic, Downtempo

RIYL: The Boats, The Remote Viewer

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2008  Color Cassette  Downtempo  Indielectronic  Mobeer  Small Town Smoker  The Boats  The Remote Viewer  onecaseman 

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