Teleseen — War

Teleseen is a digi-dub specialist out of Brooklyn. War is a mellow dub album with digital drum tracks, sound washes, simple keyboard melodies and deep bass. Despite the heavy title, and equally heavy song titles like Coffin Ship and This is Also a Burial, this album is a mellow way to while away the time.

Teleseen's version of dub is less abstract than say, Pole used to be before he changed direction. The tunes are straightforward because they're beat oriented, and though there is a little haziness present, it doesn't cloud up or obscure the melodies.

The simplicity of the production is fairly old school. If somebody played this for me and told me it came from a Mille Plateau compilation from 2001, I'd probably buy that. So War is not a revolutionary recording by any stretch of the imagination, and if you're totally burned out on homemade electronica you'll probably want to skip this. For what it is though, it's pleasant listening, and would make for lovely background music.