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Himawari by Swayzak album cover
Number 246 on The 250 Best Electronic Albums of the 21st Century21st CenturyTier D

Himawari

Swayzak

2000 · tech house · deep house · dub techno · electro

Medicine Label · MED9616-2

undergroundchart-reachCommercial reach 1 out of 5, where 1 is deep underground and 5 is top-40.
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Why it's here

Himawari blends smoky dub texture with deep tech-house groove in a distinctly early-2000s UK register. 'Betek' closes it at nine minutes, the longest thing here and the last to leave. Swayzak run the pulse subterranean and the surfaces soft-edged, making it feel more like a late-night environment than a collection of peaks.

Tracklist

  1. 1Illegal4:14
  2. 2Kensai Rising4:22
  3. 3State Of Grace4:54
  4. 4Leisure Centre5:29
  5. 5Mysterons4:31
  6. 6Doobie7:30
  7. 7Caught In This Affair5:12
  8. 8Japan Air7:56
  9. 9Pineapple Spongecake5:08
  10. 10The Frozen Loch5:42
  11. 11Floyd7:13
  12. 12Betek9:12