Jacob Todd "Passage"

‘Passage´ is Jacob Todd´s debut LP and it is also the first album project by CP Recordings. CP Recordings have been releasing a string of great singles, from the likes of Habersham, BlueRoomProject among others, and with ‘Passage,´ CP Recordings continues releasing great work, this time in a full length piece.

Colorado´s Jacob Todd has released a number of singles including “Nothing Is Real” on Jonathan Lisle´s M-Theory Records and "The Metaphysics of Paper" on 3 Beat Breaks. He was also featured on Anthony Pappa´s Balance 006 and Nick Warren´s Shanghai compilation for Global Underground. Needless to say, this guy is getting attention, and rightly he should. ‘Passage´ will provide an exceptional introduction to those of you who already don´t know his sounds.

Track 1, ‘The Face of Time´ is a solemn ambient piece, allowing the listener to melt into the mix. The Jacob Todd´s Intro Mix of Relisys´ ‘Grayer´ introduces some breaks laced percussion into the set, but as the mix title suggests, Jacob is still keeping us in dark suspense for what is to come. To add a personal note, this track reminds me of a fusion between Symbiosis and Rabbit in the Moon´s ambient side project LunaSol.)

By the third track, ‘What Tomorrow Brings,´ Jacob releases the set into an ambient breaks tempo with incredible vocals by Kelly Noland. Friends who know me know that I am a sucker for these kinds of songs. This one is no exception. It´s the best on the LP in my opinion.

A close second is the eastern flavored breaks mix of Jacob Todd & Jordan Nafie´s ‘Cyclosomefuckingthing.´ This is an exceptional atmospheric breaks track.

Jacob Todd takes things a bit harder and darker with the next three tracks. Through this part of ‘Passage,´ he delivers deep bass lines and some hard acid lines (took me back a number of years) over tough straight beats.

To reintroduce break beats to the mix, Jacob Todd uses ‘No Escape.´ With its high intensity and downright sick breaks, Jacob makes a smooth transition into the funky breaks number ‘Used To Be´ and finishes off the lp returning Kelly Noland for a passioned vocal number ‘Promises,´ and finally brings us ‘Home´ to drift away.

‘Passage´ is an exceptional release from CP Recordings. This is the kind of music that I work at Progressive-Sounds for.