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Familie Seelig: 95-01

by AAJ Staff
January 1, 2002

From the thriving downtempo scene of Vienna comes Familie Seelig, the moniker under which duo Alexander Kellas and Daniel Sack work their slinky, moody magic. 95-01 is chock-full of thick, deliberate hip-hop breaks that form the base for their downtempo textures. An eerie atmosphere permeates the record, as if the tracks have been marinated in the dark, gray skies and reclusive winters of Europe. “Freunde" creates an underwater world with a vague dub sensibility and drops vocal snippets so low ...