Trey Maxx - Maxximum Intensity - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Hot on the heels of his second critically acclaimed full-length album, the ambitious InchMaxximum Intensity,Inch Trey Maxx shows no signs of slowing down anytime soon. The Miami based modern R&B /synth pop artist has created a highly original new sound that deserves it's own genre a modern R&B hybrid that appeals to the pop sensibilities on both sides of the Atlantic. Since he left his native Toronto for the warmer climes of Miami's South Beach, Trey has formed an alliance with some of top producers working the Miami dance music scene today. His newly released third album, InchMaxx Force,Inch expands his repertoire with 14 new tracks, including an exclusive, newly unearthed remix of InchDim The Lights,Inch one of the standout tracks from his debut album, InchTake It To The Maxx,Inch provided by the world-renowned veteran remix guru, Billy Paul Williams.

We're always excited to bring you new discoveries and Boris Lelong's first for Carpe Sonum situates the listener deep within his particular soundworld, like a passerby taking a multi-hued walk through a phosphorescent topographic ocean. Lelong no doubt is fascinated by various meteorological and oceanic climes, and this marvelous album is at once a metaphorical fascinator and a literal authenticator of many such desirable dreamscapes. The ten-plus minutes twilight synth 'n' sequencer motion sensors of the excellently coined InchFireflyingInch is truly just that, and if you close your eyes, it's easy to conceptualize Lelong's interlocking beat matrices suggesting the titular insect navigating all manners of thermal updrafts. On InchGlowing WormsInch, Lelong's gracefully carved moog and synth lines are abject things of beauty, as the artist seems to craft a warm panoply of gestures, tics, and articulations out of electronics coated in a rich, verdant shade of green. Lelong has managed to tap into a vein of magic realism few can muster, surely not the first time out-that in itself is laudable, and his subtly shifting tone dances, echoing 70s Japanese ambienteers Hiroshi Yoshimura and Ken Ishii, are simply dazzling, a triumph of sonic engineering.

Featuring two jams from the Tuxedo IV sessions, this 7Inch includes their rendition of Intrigue's InchI Like ItInch and their new original track InchAlwaysInch.