
Be With Records
Coastlines - Coastlines 2
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-
2023
First
time
Worldwide
issue,
2
x
140g
vinyl,
remastered
for
this
edition
by
Simon
Francis.
Balearic
believers
rejoice!
Japanese
tropical-fusioneers
Coastlines
are
back
with
the
worldwide
vinyl
release
of
Coastlines
2.
The
follow-up
to
their
classic
debut,
this
is
the
sound
of
Coastlines's
global
influences.
If
the
dedication
to
intricate
sonic
details
is
particularly
Japanese,
the
overarching
feel
captures
the
sprawling
grandeur
of
the
international
balearic
community.
As
they
put
it,
Coastlines
2
presents
"a
more
precise
and
beautifully
polished
magic
hour."
If
that
isn't
Balearic,
we
don't
know
what
is.
Takumi
Kaneko
and
Masanori
Ikeda
don’t
radically
alter
their
sumptuous
template
with
this
second
LP;
and
we
wouldn't
want
them
to.
Yet
with
a
more
focused
flow
from
first
track
to
last,
both
Coastlines
and
Be
With
feel
this
is
an
even
stronger
album
than
their
first.
One
thing
that
hasn't
changed
is
the
use
of
instrumentals
instead
of
words
to
express
their
themes;
namely,
"the
emotional
expression
of
being
soaked."
Opener
"Tenderly"
is
appropriately
titled,
a
gentle
Latin
shuffle
easing
you
back
into
the
Coastlines
sound.
An
organ-heavy
synthy
exotica
that's
in
step
with
Lovelock's
contemporaneous
"Washington
Park".
Their
über-horizontal
take
on
Hawkshaw
&
Bennett's
"Mile
High
Swinger"
(from
Synthesiser
And
Percussion,
reissued
by
Be
With!)
evokes
cocktails-by-the-pool
as
the
sun
slowly
sets.
The
blunted
deep
jazz-funk
swing
of
"Alicia"
is
a
rearranged
reimagining
of
the
Gabor
Szabo
song
from
his
classic
Jazz
Raga
LP.
This
here
sounds
like
an
outtake
from
The
Chronic.
As
the
sun
goes
down,
"Combustione
Lenta"
soundtracks
the
relaxing
slow
burn
of
an
idyllic
bonfire
on
an
isolated
beach.
Displaying
a
beautiful
new
side
of
Coastlines,
we're
treated
to
Moments
In
Love
vibes
and
melancholic
guitar
arcs.
The
piano-laden
early
morning
wonder
of
"Night
Cruise"
started
life
as
a
completely
different
song,
but
the
duo
found
a
particularly
good
loop
from
the
initial
sketch
and
reconstructed
it
into
this
sophisticated
80s
instrumental
soul
groove.
"Waves
And
Rays"
is
all
undulating
acid
waves
and
lighthouse
light.
A
chopped
and
screwed
steel
drum
G-Funk
with
soaring
synths
and
nods
toward
the
squelchy
machine
soul
of
Mtume
and
Jam
&
Lewis.
Yes,
*that*
good.
The
bouncy
futureboogie
cosmic
chug
of
"Sky
Island"
represents
the
beginning
of
the
sunrise,
casting
images
of
80s
Japanese
fusion
and
definitely
one
to
play
out
early
doors
to
get
the
crowd
stepping.
"Area
Code
868"
is
the
strutting
staccato
sound
of
Joe
Sample
waking
up
in
the
Caribbean
to
craft
his
piano
funk
drenched
in
sunshine.
Accordingly,
the
tentative,
naive
melodies
of
"Sand
Steps"
represent
that
vivid
feeling
first
thing
in
the
morning,
as
you
step
on
to
the
sandy
beach
in
the
sunshine
and
take
a
deep
breath.
The
world
is
yours.
The
emotional,
organ-piano-steel
drum-driven
"Song
For
My
Mother"
is
a
slo-mo
show
of
sincere
gratitude
to
all
the
great
mothers.
"Yasmin's
Theme"
is
Coastlines's
Brazilian
homage,
recalling
for
them
that
early
summer
feeling.
It's
propelled
laconically
by
the
carnival
beat
of
batucada`s
big
bass
surdo
drum
and
complimented
by
sweeps
of
warm
keys
and
radiant
vocal
harmonies.
Blissful
beatless
closer
"Asafuji"
conjures
a
scene
from
a
wonderful
morning
spent
with
the
people
of
Shizuoka,
the
symbolic
mountain
of
Japan,
Mt
Fuji
and
its
inhabitants.
It
sounds
like
Dâm-FunK
jamming
with
Sabres
Of
Paradise.
Coastlines
2
was
painstakingly
crafted,
across
the
pandemic,
at
Masanori's
rented
place
in
Tokyo
and
then
brought
back
to
his
home
studio
and
worked
on
slowly
and
repeatedly.
With
limited
time
to
see
each
other,
the
duo
became
more
united
in
their
"consciousness
with
natural
progress."
Mastered
by
Simon
Francis
and
cut
by
Cicely
Balston
at
Air
Studios,
this
magnificent
double
LP
has
been
pressed
by
the
good
people
at
Record
Industry.
*
Tracklist:
A1
Tenderly
A2
Mile
High
Swinger
A3
Alicia
B1
Combustione
Lenta
B2
Night
Cruise
B3
Waves
and
Rays
C1
Sky
Island
C2
Area
Code
868
C3
Sand
Steps
D1
Song
For
My
Mother
D2
Yasmin's
Theme
D3
Asafuji
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