London, England - Sep 9, 2009 - Lucius, known as Luke Harrison in the world of electronic downbeat music, has an innovative new CD out titled The Downbeat Mysteries. The title gives away the music with a mysterious downbeat demeanour to the album, you will hear an esoteric melancholic feel of adventure and epic journey throughout.
Lucius Releases pioneering album called “The Downbeat Mysteries” expected for general release on 9th September 2009 – 09/09/09
It’s been over 4 years since the magic of Lucius AKA Luke Harrison has released a mix CD, during which time he has been busy writing and releasing the second artist album, working on film projects and remixes across poly genre’s is keeping him busy.
The last CD The Five Ages of Humanity was released back in ‘2005 and was met with some interest around the world, so there is a justified sense of expectation on what Lucius has in store for us this time around. The Downbeat Mysteries takes a unique approach in how it portrays the journey through the down tempo eclectic electric epic sounding album. The format is a mixed rhythmic & emotive scenery that impress the qualities of Pink Floyd, Lemon Jelly, Bent, Kruder & Dorfmeister, Hybrid, Global Communication, DJ Food, Cold Cut, Mr Scruff, Nightmares on Wax, Banco De Gaia, Sasha, The Crystal Method, The Avalanches, Faithless, Underworld, Aim, Filla Brazillia, De-Phazz, David Holmes, dZihan & Kamien all rolled in one & pulling together a compilation of quality & definition.
A surround sound version of the project is expected to be available for the select specialists to enjoy sometime after the stereo release. Using the extensive experience in themed epic sound projects, he draws together a diverse, interesting and often surprising collection of moods and sounds. Lucius has been long time collaborator with Peshay, one of Drum&Bass’s first prodigal producers, having worked with him on mix downs and the like Lucius has certainly shown that he is keen on how the production sounds.
The whole mix is haunting, beautiful, subtle and at times majestic. It is certainly not the kind of production you would whack on all day but there is an undeniable sense of splendour to the music here occasionally dropping in beats and often stripping them away. There is a real emotional journey as they build up to the gorgeous heights of bliss and then drifts away into serene interludes.
The mixed album dishes up a surreal atmospheric soup of sound. Ambient, Downbeat, Break beat is something for which Lucius delights in producing, anyone who has heard or seen a recent Lucius DJ set will know that the lad does not confine himself to any particular genre and tend to cherry pick the best atmospheric cuts from across the world and the music spectrum. This is certainly the case where every track is a fits like a glove, and many tracks will reach the depths of your soul. On other occasions you will see Loopy Luke smashing the audience over the head with heavy gravity beats of the most priestly tribalistic tech trance order. High energy dance floor shamanism is often the result you find at both his performances and productions in the tech trance & electronic genres.
All tracks are weaved together so beautifully that it’s virtually impossible to tell one from the other, Lucius programming and mixing is standing out, and combined with the collaboration with twice Grammy award winning Pink Floyd mastering engineer, the result is well? A quality draw and weapon of choice for masses perhaps, although it may be too mature for youngsters but at the same time to distinct and bold to win favor with the older generation. The Downbeat Mysteries project is testament to the mastering skills of Pink Floyds mastering engineer at Tubemasters. When you add the breadth of music on offer from the album, we are left with something that will at the very least satisfy a broad spectrum of fans, and perhaps even open up their taste to yet more artists
