Delta Rain Dance - Music For Autumn (Tartelet)

I’ve been following Glenn Astro for over ten few years now. I was immediately drawn to his forward looking beat led rifs on twentieth century black music, which mostly involved some bumping house, swinging hip hop beats, deep disco appreciation and jazz licked electronica, so quite how I missed his Delta Rain Dance alter ego I’m not sure?

Any good alter ego needs their own personality or there’s no fun. So please light some joss sticks, clear some floor space and adopt the lotus position, but don’t ditch the Carhartt threads quite yet - there’s the odd low key past life nod along the way. Ready? Then press play and board Astro’s cosmic, Fourth World inspired, new age flight - dance floor turbulence is a thing of the past.

It’s an easy start as exotic percussion, chakra aligning chimes and graceful strings ease you into the wellness retreat offers free days to Fourth World residents, middle-aged Balearic-nouveau loving ex-ravers and cosmic b-boy vibes. Next up there is some flower power dub that sets the scene nicely for the sunset jazz meets drum machine preset Balearic crossover joys of the well named, “Mmmh, Nice”.

New age ritualism with a Hari Krishna smile is next, closely followed by more sunset serenading sounds whilst the next track peels its eyes away from the orange glow to look in the rear view mirror and soak up the spiritual resonances of Eastern temples, before the final track ventures into good natured, save the whales minimalism. It’s a vibe man so roll with it, check out The New Age of New Age Playlist for more of the same and if you’ve still got some energy left check out the Glenn Astro club sounds of yore.