Eastman - Equilibrium

Tripping thru Light Design in 3D. Following the successful release of Light Design in April 2008, Eastman wanted to give this album another lease of l…
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Tripping thru Light Design in 3D. Following the successful release of Light Design in April 2008, Eastman wanted to give this album another lease of life with four tracks that didn’t make it the first time round and some new gem’s that fit perfectly into this album’s Theme (Light Island & Ship Has Sailed), Along with some remixes of Shiver by UK’s finest Dj and Producer Paul King and Germanys Dj and Tech Head Producer Christian Soto and the MySpace Edit. Included is also a version of Light Design as used by Alliance Bank for a ‘Making of’ Spot. Let Eastman take you on this journey again this winter and enjoy the ride. Its been 3 years since Eastman’s last album 24Hours (the ’Deviants’ soundtrack) and 4 years since his debut album Flame and over a year that he even released a new single. But instead of being lazy he has been working on Light Design which was recorded in London, Cologne, Berlin and Bordeaux over the last few years?and it features Eastman’s best selling single so far: ‘Lover’ with the stunning vocals of Jordan Bailey. Strictly seen is Light Design a real follow up to Flame .. Since 24Hours was a selection of new tracks and a mixture of some taken from Flame and unreleased catalog material for what was essentially the soundtrack to the XXX Film ‘Deviants’. But on this new gem we only have new material and as before most of them wouldn’t sound out of place in a feature film. You hear the trademark synth choirs and melancholic string arrangements floating over beats .. either trip hop, minimal or the more the clubby variety. Light Design invites you on a trip thru imaginative pictures in your head and is telling tales we can all relate to even if they don’t have lyrics because other than on ‘Lover’, the album only has the floating choirs to help you along the way or the ticking clock noise on ‘Alarm’ and the title track ‘Light Design’, Eastman is trying to say “Always be alert”. Lover is not the only collaboration on here, the new single ‘Shiver’ was a joint effort with label mate Dj & Producer Pj Nfx from Berlin and has a more electro feel about it. Mr. Eastman always likes to do the unexpected so what might start up as a dance number might actually not be one … and with ‘Hawk’ he leads you up the garden path, its more like falling in slow motion. How about a cosmic roller-coster ride? If thats ya fancy than ‘Space’ is the track for you. And what do you do after a long day ? You wanna chill and turn the ‘Lights Out’, exactly what Eastman thought when he composed the track by that name the very minimal though atmospheric sound of the bells will take you off to wonderland. Light Island sounds like it could have been on a Twin Peaks soundtrack and that kinda atmosphere was what Eastman had in mind when he was working on this track. The 3 Track combo “One, Nine & Seven One” are a mix of trippy uptempo and very 90’s Dance numbers along with a more breakbeat filled mood to round it up. The Alliance Version of Light Design gets more Trip Hop rather than the quite upbeat and orchestral original. The final New track “Ship Has Sailed” is very much in vain with the dark and movie like Light Island and just as Haunting. Light design 3D will certainly get you hooked if you listen to it as a whole and it we can only hope that we wont have to wait another 3 years for a follow up. For more info on Eastman: http://eastman-music.net http://myspace.com/eastman shorten