''Phase'' is the debut
studio album
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by Australian psychedelic jazz fusion group,
Mildlife
Mildlife are a Melbourne based, Australian psychedelic jazz fusion group formed in 2013. The group have released two albums. Their second peaked at number 8 on the ARIA Charts in October 2020.
Discography Albums
Live albums
Extended play ...
. The album was released 2 November 2017.
At the 2018 Worldwide FM Awards, the album won Best Album. At the
Music Victoria Awards of 2018
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, the album was nominated for Best Soul, Funk, R'n'B and Gospel Album.
Reception
Kitty Empire from ''
Rolling Stone Australia
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'' said "Mildlife's debut album, ''Phase'', falls just on the right side of the line dividing smug progressive fusions a la the Alan Parsons Project from questing psych-disco-jazz, the kind that wouldn't sound wrong supporting
Tame Impala
Tame Impala is the psychedelic music project of Australian multi-instrumentalist Kevin Parker. In the recording studio, Parker writes, records, performs, and produces all of the project's music. As a touring act, Tame Impala consists of Parke ...
on tour. The most enduring tracks are the calmest, where Mildlife foreground flow and beauty over virtuoso musicianship."
Philip Wilding from ''Louder Sound'' said "Mildlife make music that made this writer want to transform his living room into a haven of shagpile carpet, with some sort of seat that looks like a bowl that hangs from the ceiling on a chain. After giving the album a couple of spins, one was even thinking about cultivating an Afro. Listening to ''Phase'' can do that to you, with its undulating, cultured synth patterns and loose, jazzy grooves with splashes of psych rock and funk."
''Dummy Mag'' said "A melting pot of musical sensations, the group combine progressive 1970s sounds with electronic krautrock, backed by a mixture of rhythmic funk, house, and dream-pop, to create an addictive atmosphere that's illustrated perfectly by their first single 'The Magnificent Moon'."
Track listing
Personnel
As per Bandcamp.
Mildlife
* Kevin McDowell – synthesisers (all tracks),
Rhodes
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(1, 5), vocals (1, 2, 5, 6), electronics (6)
* Adam Halliwell – guitar (all tracks), vocals (2), vocoder (3), flute (3)
* Tomas Shanahan – bass guitar (all tracks)
* James Donald – drum kit (all tracks)
Additional personnel
* Craig Shanahan – congas (1, 2, 6), güiro (3), shaker (3)
Technical
* Mildlife – production, engineering
* Jim Rindfleish – engineering
* Steve Schram – mixing
* Joseph Carra – mastering
* Confetti Studio – artwork
* Tom Ross – photography
References
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2017 albums