CHRIS COCO – ‘Feel Free Live Good’ Mixmag album review

CHRIS COCO

Feel Free Live Good (Big Chill Recordings) – MixMag Album Review

Anyone expecting a smooth, cloud-bursting velvetty sound from Melodica radio presenter and Ibiza chill don Chris Coco may well get a shock from the churning acid belch that unfurls on ‘8808’ – but that’s precisely the era that informs Chris’ new artist album.  But that’s not to say the production isn’t pristine or the music beautifully Balearic.  The gently intoning computer voice on the opening’Butterfly Heart’ and the killer chord/flamenco guitar interplay on ‘Summertime’ (essentially a sumptuous update of ’89 smash ‘Sueno Latino’) are just the first places you should start.  There’s a song for every mood, and none of them are bad-tempered.  We blame Coco – R. Moore, Mixmag September Issue