Various Artists – bblisss
6.23.16 by Mike Haley

bblisss

Everything from shampoo to chocolate to I’m sure much more (but I’m not about to Google “ways to obtain bliss”) promises the user “bliss”. To the best of my knowledge, there is not an item in the grocery store, or on the internet, offering a dose of “bblisss”. See those extra letters? Those make all of the difference.

“Bliss” can be showy. With all of the super puffy, sunlit clouds and naked baby-angels playing harp music. But “bblisss”, as in the “bblisss” cassette comp, does away with all distractions. Hell, if a poorly written note wasn’t included with the tape I wouldn’t know what it was. No one would. The art is washy and grey. A cropped off image of a plant with leaves resembling some magnetic tape removed from it’s shell on the Jcard. The tape itself is clear with a smudge of white imprinting on the A side. And… Nope, that’s it. No track listing, which is bizarre for a comp, right? No label name or release number. Nada.

That lack of somethingness clears the head. Think of it as a refresher. It clears your head and clears the skies for seven tracks of bliss/bblisss. Unless you want to borrow my poorly written note, you can find the tracklist on Bandcamp. I don’t know how many clicks you have left, so here it is:

Ulla Anona – Moon
Pendant – Des Vieux Temples
DJ Paradise – Ssumo
Billington & Tramposh – Live January 13 2016
Enamel – Quad
DJ Paradise – Mbizi (R)
Naemi – Procel (Original Mix)

There is also little distraction on the audible end of “bblisss”. Everyone decides to remain calm, taking to the recently cleared skies like chem trails rather than sky writing. Rhythmic new age and drone vibrations so stealth and relaxed that some may say they don’t even exist. Maybe they don’t. Maybe the “bblisss” comp is something my brain made up to cope with some heavier shit? You know what, I think this tape feels a lot lighter than most tapes. Is that just in my head? There is a Bandcamp page for it, but for all I  know, I could have made that myself.

I don’t know where or how to get this tape. I’m sorry.