As lounge music began to experience a revival in Europe during the early '90s, English record companies were among the first to capitalize on the popularity of this sound by putting out compilations drawn from their back catalog of easy listening tunes. One of the notable early releases in this style was The Easy Project, a Sequel Records release that compiled the work of several English easy listening specialists from the '60s and '70s. Subtitled "20 loungecore favorites," this disc delivers a series of fast-paced ...
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As lounge music began to experience a revival in Europe during the early '90s, English record companies were among the first to capitalize on the popularity of this sound by putting out compilations drawn from their back catalog of easy listening tunes. One of the notable early releases in this style was The Easy Project, a Sequel Records release that compiled the work of several English easy listening specialists from the '60s and '70s. Subtitled "20 loungecore favorites," this disc delivers a series of fast-paced instrumentals that all have a bright, well-produced sound. A lot of the cuts have a strong crime jazz element to them: the Alan Tew Orchestra presents effective and surprisingly funky covers of "Ironside" and "Walk on the Wild Side," while the Ray McVay Sound dishes up swinging originals like "Kinda Kinky" that are built on blaring brass. Other cuts experiment with a psychedelic sound: the most notable track in this area is "But She Ran the Other Way," a cut from the John Schroeder Orchestra that alternates jazzy sections built on a staccato piano riff with expansive instrumental breaks where organ and electric guitar create a sound reminiscent of Pink Floyd. Elsewhere, fans of kitschy early electronic sounds will be delighted by "House of the Rising Sun" and "Superfly," two cuts from Synthesonic Sounds that reinterpret these tunes as instrumentals full of whooping synthesizer leads. There is the occasional dull cut ("The Clown" by the Johnny Keating Orchestra is an odd inclusion because it lacks the jazz or rock overtones of the rest of the set), but there are enough memorable oddities to make up for these occasional missteps. All in all, The Easy Project is a solid release that will please anyone who wants to explore the English lounge sound. ~ Donald A. Guarisco, Rovi
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