It's releases like this that make me proud of the unique approach Australian acts have developed in the broad genre of 'dance' music. The Bird, Baggsmen, DB Chills, Nu Breed: all of these acts tackle their beats with a truly live approach. It's hard to ascertain the exact reason for this philosophy. It could be the traditional infatuation Australian punters have when it comes to entertainment or the fact that many of Australia's electronic music combos have been forced to play venues that traditionally would be a forum for rock, but regardless of the root, these blossoming acts consistently out-gun highly regarded overseas peers and Audible Inventions delivers a 'coming of age' for Sydney's finest. The Bird mix it up on their new blunt, gliding through ambient hip-hop that should please any Shadow fan, drum&bass; that could rock the most discerning purist and moments of pure fantasia custom-built for day-dreamers. The majority of tracks are laid on a bed of deep and intelligent dub, driven by sharp and dynamic beats. It's a sparse offering in regards to sounds, cleverly spaced and never cluttered, sonically brilliant without any trace of self-indulgence. Audible Inventions suggests that The Bird's interest in eastern sounds is now more than an infatuation, it seems to be a direction and future target sound; yet another major ingredient to flavour the stylised sounds of one of Sydney's most respected live beat combos.

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Tracklisting
1 Prelude
2 Inner Peace
3 Fish in Space
4 Zindagi
5 One Universe
6 Enter The Bird
7 Dubim
8 Special Island
9 Papa Dubs
10 Dub Therapy
11 Sunset in Juhu
12 Mantra
13 Song for the Dalai Lama
14 Zindagi Bobby Singh Mix

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