Om Records have already placed their mark on the genres of lounge and chillout with their compilation series Om Lounge and Om:Chilled. Each volume has lent credibility to their interpretation of what defines these types of music. Now this time, Om have brought together sounds with an urban sensibility on their collection entitled Downtempo Garden. Downtempo Garden may be the mother of all inventions. Sure the telegraph and light bulb were nice, but now we have something that may be truly useful. Om provides a collection of artists that helps define this nebulous label of downtempo music. Om may not need to sign up for a patent just yet. But, they may bring you more of the creature comforts of life with the sounds from Downtempo Garden.
Damu the Fudgemunk – Peace of Action (Def Pressé)
There are some things you just come to expect in life. Rivers flowing to the ocean. Sun rising in the east. Apple...