1. Sugar
2. Cease Effect
3. Grid Landing

Released:
August 2007

Design by:
CEDE

Release Statement

Anthony Steele makes his vinyl debut on Goosehound's sixth release, Sugar. His first release is a monster summer record that will lead the listener on a journey through many different styles. Steele's understanding of crafting a groove is truly intuitive. He has a firm grasp of what makes effective dance music, while also being able to uniquely engage the imagination and instill visions of new worlds and landscapes to discover.

Sugar begins the record with a sonic wind blowing around us, picking up force as the needle travels towards the center. Casio breakbeats keep a steady rhythm and gain complexity along with the other background sounds that start to echo in. It feels less like we have entered a jungle, but more that it is springing up around us. From within the expansive foliage of sound we can hear other elements creep in like the ringing of a mechanical bird or the melodic blast of a wandering saxophone. The track ventures along with low down bass while building towards it's almost pop-edged finale which proves to be quite exhilarating.

Murky, dripping percussion begin the track entitled Cease Effect. The atmosphere of the song gives the impression of drifting down an exotic river, but in this case we are surrounded by tones instead of dense forest. One can even envision imaginary fingers plucking away at the strings of a oversized bass hidden away beyond the riverbank. Cease Effect gets so playful with it's groove that it could almost be considered experimental, but the rhythms are so natural that it always keeps a familiar pace.

Grid Landing is this releases' late night space safari. This tune starts off like it's name implies - with the feeling of a craft landing on some uncharted world. The beat comes in, and after a brief and immersive breakdown, we are led through a landscape of fuzzy and buzzing samples, reverberating percussion and creatures that let out cries of twisted jazz. And all throughout the bass pounds around us like a large predator after its prey.