Osmosis [coll] – [Leaf Recordings]

Leaf is another one of those genre-defying U.K. labels, like Fat Cat or Lo Recordings, that operates at the fringes of modern electronic music. And the music on OSMOSIS, a budget-priced preview of forthcoming Leaf releases, is appropriately hard to categorize. As a sweeping generalization, though, most of the tracks here feature downtempo or subdued beats, and offer more than just electronics, whether it be live instruments or samples or vocals. No particular tracks stand out from the others… it’s pure quality through and through. Put this album on …relax…and let the music flow selectively through your auditory membranes.