Southwild

One of the latest compilations I bought was Peakological released by the Swizz label Peak records. While this is solid release, with many songs that are good, one of them stood out from the rest and that was Dr. Feelgood with the artist Southwild. I can´t really put my finger on what it is that makes this song so special, it might be that despite its pretty hard, intense style it has a flavour of funkiness. Or it can simply be that the artist uses sounds and rhythms that really speaks to me. Whatever it is, this song has that something that makes the listener return to it again and again.

Soutwhild is Jay Alien, from Germany but now living in Toronto/Canada where he also works as a mastering engineer. He is also one part of Rastaliens together with Ralph (Braincell), their latest album Back on Earth released in 2007.

Southwild is Jay´s new project and 2010 he joined the UK based label Wildthings records, a great label for twisted positive psychedelic trance. Jay is soon to release his debut album on this label as well as several tracks on compilations on Wildthings, Peak records and Mind Funk. Some of Jays older songs appeared on the Granular EP, which was released in 2010, and can be downloaded for free through Ektoplazm. If you want to hear peaks of what´s coming next, you should check out Southwilds soundcloud to hear snippets of upcoming releases. I hope his album is due very soon cause it sounds really great :)

http://soundcloud.com/southwild

matt-in-orbit 2012