Coyote - Everything Moves Nothing Rests - VINYL LP

As NuNorthern Soul gets ready to celebrate it's tenth birthday, it seems fitting that the tag's next album comes from Coyote, whose impact on the 21st century Balearic scene has arguably been even more significant than that of Phil Cooper's Ibiza-based imprint. Timm Sure and Ampo barely stray away from the tag they founded in 2006, Is It Balearic?, and their decision to hand over their seventh album to NuNorthern Soul is testament to the high regard in which they hold the imprint. The feeling is mutual, with Cooper being a long-time supporter of the Nottingham-based duo's work and their tag's carefully curated releases. Everything Moves, Nothing Rests is classic Coyote. Musically varied but tied together by a distinctively warm, dreamy and tactile trademark sound, it contains numerous subtle references to musical and cultural themes that have long been an under-reported feature of their work (the title, for example, is a reference to the 7 Hermetic Principles outlined in ancient Greek text The Kybalion, a work that has long fascinated the duo). Those familiar with the pair's output will feel right at home. A rich, loved-up musical tapestry rich in drifting chords, dubby basslines, echoing vocal snippets, languid instrumentation, colorful synthesizer motifs and relaxed beats, the album's multitude of sonic highlights come together to create a coherent musical voyage that seems to reveal new audio details with each successive listen. And what highlights. There's opener 'Free To Choose', where aural textures reminiscent of vintage Italian dream house tracks rub shoulders with echoing spoken word vocals, cascading synth solos and flashes of acoustic guitar atop a head-nodding groove, the Flamenco-dub shuffle of 'Freya's Song', and the yearning lament of 'Nothing Rests', whose lilting trumpet solos, swirling chords, tumbling Marimba melodies and infectious drums sound li