Smoking The Century Away - Animated Weightlessnes 2001


Smoking The Century Away - Animated Weightlessnes

Label: Nuggetphase Productions (dist. Fossil Records)
Total Time: 39:20

Reviewed by: Stephanie Sollow, January 2004

Smoking The Century Away create ambient sonicscapes that aren't exactly smooth synth washes or moody, modular dirges but somewhere in between.

STCA are Jorge Beltran on acoustic 12-string guitar, synths, percussion, soundtrack and fx, and Victor Basurto multiple basses, iron Chinese bells, blue-print percussion (2), tone controlled Wal bass and serves as digital curator. Guests include Julian Bonequi on percussion and voices on "Even More…," Brenda and Pamela Barber voices on "Even More…," and Francesco Cecchi on violin for "Zoot Rescue." Most of the material for the album was recorded in both Mexico and The Netherlands in 1999, though some of it, the duo note, dates from 1985.