{"product_id":"mogwaa-hazy-dreams-lp-lim-yellow-vinyl","title":"Mogwaa - Hazy Dreams LP (lim. Yellow Vinyl)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFormat: LP\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCatalogue No.: MMD028Y\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRelease Date: 19 May 2023\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGenre: Deep House\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLim. 100 Copies \/ Yellow Version\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen South Korean balearic prodigy Mogwaa came to MM Discos with an idea for his rst full-length album, we were a bit surprised.\u003cbr\u003eHe said, ‘I want to do an album of bossa tracks with synths, a drum machine and my guitar’. We obviously had to take him up\u003cbr\u003eon that deal.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFresh from the recent Bandcamp feature on his own brand of danceoor-ready modern boogie, Seungyoung Lee (aka Mogwaa)\u003cbr\u003earrives back on MM Discos with his - and our - rst full length exercise. With six tracks per side of 80s inuenced synth and bossa badness, ‘Hazy Dreams’ is an exercise in simplicity, and more proof of the ever-expanding musical horizons of one of the scene’s most virtuosic instrumentalists.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePairing a sensitivity to the construction of ambient, funk, bossa and cassette-tape 80s experiments with his own cinematic subtlety, ‘Hazy Dreams’ takes a gentle, minimalistic approach, crafting its own escapist world that oers a welcome diversion from the steady ow of busy balearica and downtempo.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOpening track ‘Full Bloom’ paints a picture of midsummer at dawn, some clear-skied island where lush vegetation climbs through hibiscus gardens. ‘Nacimiento’ is an AOR\/bossa crossover evoking West Coast yachting in full afternoon, and A3, ‘Soothing’, adds a touch of wistfulness with reverb-doused guitars over meandering bass motifs.\u003cbr\u003eThe easy kick-and-snare combo of ‘Levitation’ sets the scene for a drum machine love aair, unrequited love on the rocks, and\u003cbr\u003e‘Flashback’ plays with short delay trails and o-kilter melodic sequences, where you feel the soft presence of the nebula approaching at the break of day. Closing out the A-side, ‘Dispatching’ reaches out even further into the imagined cosmos of Mogwaa’s picture-perfect world, portraying an ambience at dusk, observing, calmy, as pued-up pink clouds melt into the evening canvas.\u003cbr\u003eOn the other side, Mogwaa explores quiet corners with ‘Illusions’, a slow meditation on the nature of simple presence, and ‘Echoes of You’, a stream of subdued brush strokes that crescendo into higher frequencies on gently undulating pads. B3, ‘Moondance’, ups the tempo and recalls classic Mogwaa with its sideways shue and starry melodic refrain, pivoting through folk-dance moods and surprising chord changes.\u003cbr\u003eNearing the end of the album, ‘Footprints’ wades through tall grass in search of altered states, innite and hypnotic, changing course only to crouch down and study the landscape, and B5, ‘It always comes and goes’, pictures the to-and-fro of jetstreams and comets in the blinding midday sky. Finally we have the closing credits of ‘Swingin’ that looks o into the horizon, jaunty and exalted, a guitar-led tribute to an easy-going world, and ultimately mindful of the power of dreams.\u003cbr\u003eWe’re humbled to have such a special record for our rst full-length release on the label.\u003cbr\u003eLimited stock - don’t sleep on this.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA1. Full Bloom\u003cbr\u003eA2. Nacimiento\u003cbr\u003eA3. Soothing\u003cbr\u003eA4. Levitation\u003cbr\u003eA5. Flashback\u003cbr\u003eA6. Dispatching\u003cbr\u003eB1. Illusions\u003cbr\u003eB2. Echoes of You\u003cbr\u003eB3. Moondance\u003cbr\u003eB4. Footprints\u003cbr\u003eB5. It always comes and goes\u003cbr\u003eB6. Swingin\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MM Discos","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42483513622684,"sku":"MMD028Y","price":34.02,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0130\/8714\/6043\/files\/1_0651b1ec-e6c0-4f35-abed-3f12ec4833d7.jpg?v=1683476128","url":"https:\/\/www.horizonsmusic.co.uk\/products\/mogwaa-hazy-dreams-lp-lim-yellow-vinyl","provider":"Horizons Music","version":"1.0","type":"link"}