ALL AGES

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downbeat / electronica

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Lower-case and higher-vibes, loket is the saxophonic alias of Tahl Klainman, a versatile presence in Berlins alternative and underground scene, whose diverse productions have traversed ambient, trance, techno and jazz on labels such as Mama Told Ya, Hot Concept and Tax Free Records. More recently loket also guested on Massimiliano Pagliaras LP See You In Paradise, which received the 2023 German Record Critics Award, as well as establishing Klainman as one of the few saxophonists to have jammed live to a peak-time Panorama Bar dancefloor.Reigniting the languid futurism of trip-hop and downtempo, All Ages ably delivers the most inclusive distillation of lokets sound thus far, paying respect to the influences such as William Orbit and Moby, as well as fourth-world innovator Jon Hassells philosophy of blending traditional instrumentation with contemporary electronic experimentalism. Mixed in collaboration with Angus Finlayson, aka Minor Science, each of All Ages four pieces transmit the wonder and free-spirited optimism reflected on photographer Jordan Kirks wide-eyed cover art.Title track All Ages prizes open a saxophonic wormhole to beckon an infectiously baggy groove, unexpectedly referencing the optimistic rhythm of acid-house inflected Madchester, only with gnarlier guitars to contrast a seriously insistent bassline. Afternoon at Brenquell boldly teases out sonic pleasure from even more idiosyncratic means, melding baroque strings and twinkling new-age melodies to lokets emotive brass, culminating in a neo-classical finale that seems to suspend itself mid-air.Sanders Groove sees lokets sax step back on a bed of soft, jazz-inflected percussion and unpredictable electronics, melting as one into a slow-motion riff thats equal parts indie jam and musique concrete. Finally, Soft as Moonlight makes good on its romantic namesake with a swelling arrangement that free floats into deft percussion, dreaming and teeming with positive energy.