Electronic Music from the Swedish Leftcoast

1. Lay Of The Land

2. Blue

3. Evum

4. Song

5. Jabo's Night Out

6. Thrill

7. Shimmer

8. You

9. Soulset

10. Seasons

11. Paus

12. A Jabo Thought

Editorial Reviews

Dazed and Confused
Soulful beats... bursting with electric sensuality

Product Description
Plej are brothers Arvid & Erik Niklasson from Gothenburg on the west coast of Sweden. Arvid & Erik started Plej as a label in January 2001 releasing a 12" with Arvids' music on one side and Erik’s (Eerik) on the other. This was a very limited version, if you own one you have one percent of the edition! Although Plej started as a label for the brothers to release their material, they soon realized that they had more fun making music than they did trying to get people to buy it. So, the label name became the brand and more music was made.

The Plej sound is characterised by a playful, soft, melodic and experimental approach to house music. Soft club orientated house opens up to experimental deep house that incorporates melodies. The brothers cite the likes of Herbert, Forcetracks and Isolee as inspiration, outlining the desire to create music that is interesting and unpredictable. In the live situation Arvid (synths) and Erik (Rhodes piano) are joined by vocalist Jonatan Bäckelie and Johan Brengesjö on trumpet.

Electronic Music from the Swedish Leftcoast

Tracks:

Lay Of The Land
Blue
Evum
Song
Jabo's Night Out
Thrill
Shimmer
You
Soulset
Seasons
Paus
A Jabo Thought

Tracks:

Lay Of The Land (Jimpsters Vocal Version)
You (Kompis Mix)
Evum (Cloud Mix)
You (Plej 12 Mix)
Blue-Akufens Different (Shade Of Blue Mix)
And So Say The Land
Hird-Keep Your Hird (Plej Remix)
Seasons (Hird Warm Up Session Mix)

Customer Reviews:

Dear Plej, MAKE MORE MUSIC NOW!!!!!!!!!!! I implore you!.......2007-01-24

It's the very first cut.....Lay of the Land. You here it and say to yourself, "nice soft weaving synth, persistent head boppable beat and bass line." Then it gets flat for a second. At 1:35 seconds into this song, Plej opens up on you. Opens your eyes to great electronic music.

This is effortlessly deep, soulful, electronic music. And yet, the songs are as different from one another as can be. You have to distinguish this album from others in that Plej finds success with a broad brush. They lay down a solid variation on their sound. And it works wonders for your head.

It's a truly magnificent effort. These guys are genre leading professionals.

A note about the album itself is that Plej decided to throw a whole other disc in the setup full of remixes of cuts on the OG album. And that disc on its own is remarkable.

Highly recommend both this and Clouds' effort. You can tell they come from the same side of the street. Both groups lay it down.

Hope it helped and happy listening. Cheers.

Electronic Music from the Swedish Leftcoast

Average customer rating:

Wonderfully playful

Electronic Music from the Swedish Leftcoast
Plej
Manufacturer: Exceptional
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music

General | Rock | Styles | Music

Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music
ASIN: B0002XL2UC
Release Date: 2003-08-19

Tracks:

Lay Of The Land
Blue
Evum
Song
Jabo's Night Out
Thrill
Shimmer
You
Soulset
Seasons
Paus
A Jabo Thought

Album Description

Plej are brothers Arvid & Erik Niklasson from Gothenburg on the west coast of Sweden. Arvid & Erik started Plej as a label in January 2001 releasing a 12" with Arvids' music on one side and Erik's (Eerik) on the other. This was a very limited version, if you own one you have one percent of the edition! Although Plej started as a label for the brothers to release their material, they soon realized that they had more fun making music than they did trying to get people to buy it. So, the label name became the brand and more music was made.

Customer Reviews:

Wonderfully playful.......2004-11-25

These 2 Swedish brothers join the growing ranks of artists and DJs who produce soulful electroorganic music that sounds every bit as human and uncontrived as the traditional variety. This album is beautiful and ranges from deep soulful house to R&B, with unique trademark splashes here and there (listen to the cute electronic gremlin voices at the end of "A Jabo Thought"). It's all melodic and non-abrasive. Buy it without a second thought!

Average customer rating:

Adult Lounge Disco
brilliant!
Excellent Electronic Music!
Take me to the Left Coast!
BBC radio's #1 Dance album of 2003

Electronic Music from the Swedish Leftcoast
Plej
Manufacturer: Exceptional
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music

House | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music

Dance & DJ | Imports | Stores | Music
ASIN: B00009MK1M
Release Date: 2003-07-21

Tracks:

Lay of the Land
Blue
Evum
Song
Jabo's Night Out
Thrill
Shimmer
You
Soulset
Paus
Seasons
Jabo Thought

Customer Reviews:

Adult Lounge Disco.......2004-05-27

Essential for all mature DJ's. Trust me. I spin at least 6 of these tracks on a regular basis--it never fails to turn heads and motivate hips. Beautiful and deep sometimes, social and smooth all the time. Track 2 hurts other producers feelings because it's so damn good. . . Buy now, Buy now, Buy now. Forget about how much it costs.

brilliant!.......2004-04-12

i can't believe how good this cd is. it slipped under my radar for 2003, mainly because it slipped under some friends who recommend me a lot of music. this is very very sexy music. you can hear some poor-quality samples on his website (just search good for plej) and also see a video.

i highly recommend these guys.. it makes me want to dance and make love at the same time

Excellent Electronic Music!.......2004-04-06

Plej are definitely one of the best electronic music producing duo to ever swing by... Their new album will make you move involuntary to the hypnotic, chilled sexy sounds. My personal favorites are Evum, Seasons and Lay of the Land. Very highly recommended!

Take me to the Left Coast!.......2004-02-04

Songs from the Swedish left Coast exists as an album very much on the chilled side of dance. Fans of Royksopp; Zero 7; Groove Armada etc. will undoubtedly draw some comparison to Plej and yet this album manages to stand out from a plethora of electronic music by straddling a number of different musical styles, and refraining from the repetitive nature that commonly mars this genre. Whilst it may be argued that the content is not consistently strong throughout the album, there is more than enough appeal to warrant five stars. Buy It!

BBC radio's #1 Dance album of 2003.......2004-01-28

I was skeptical at first, but after 20 seconds of the first track, I was jumping on my bed and rockin' it by myself in my boyfriend's apartment. It's pretty chill as dance albums go, and some of the tracks are very electronic, but all in all the beats are nice and it's interesting. I mean, it's got to count for something that this was BBC's #1 dance album of the year. Track #4 sounds like the Avalanches, "Since I left you" but it actually has totally different meaning. Thumbs up.

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