'Fairytale' is the operative word as Kevin Purdy, through songs like Sleep Well and The Secret Smile In The Camel Girl's Eyes, lures the listener from reality to visit the mystic recesses of the artist's imagination. Fairytale Insurance joins a long list of Australian releases over the last year that could easily find a home on a major film soundtrack. The production, as you would expect from a veteran of Australia's electronic musical fraternity, is slick with exception of a few muggy sampled narratives, but those samples are effective enough to be forgiven on what, generally, is 99% perfection. After dabbling with collaborations, sporadically releasing a few well-received solo efforts and continuing with his love of turntables, Kevin Purdy has learnt to craft slick music and tweak choice sounds, but this album attempts to do more than just sound sweet; it also offers vivid scenes, designed by Purdy as he successfully creates some clever escapism, sometimes offering a Spaghetti Western (The Grip), a Mystery (Here Come The Specials) or Thriller (Harry's Day); in fact he seems to cover most film genres with the atmospheres created on Fairytale Insurance. It may not be 'dance music' but this album reminds us that electronic music has made the transition from clubs to home stereos.

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Tracklisting
1 ANOTHER WORLD, ANY COLOUR
2 HARRY'S DAY
3 HAPPY ENDING
4 SLEEP WELL
5 ON THE ROOF OF THE WORLD
6 THE SECRET SMILE IN THE CAMEL GIRL'S EYES
7 3 FRIENDS TO THE STARS
8 THE GRIP
9 HERE COME THE SPECIALS

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