This is DJ Olive's (aka Gregor Asch) first full-length solo album, and for fans of abstract dub, "Bodega" delivers a continuous mix of dub grooves, funky vibes, and cut-up samples in a mash of global influences.

1. Alley Way
2. Yard Swing
3. Coffee Grind
4. Take It To The Corner
5. Round Fire Strut
6. Hen Porch Blues
7. Ballad And Scrambled
8. Back Fence Suite
9. Chicken Crawl
10. Shy Ear Swing
11. Sandy Stretch
12. Domino Roll
13. Tinthology Roof
14. Funky Cortado
15. Rooster Rooster
16. Crossunder
17. Birds Eye Blues
18. Gate Closer Blues

A lot of albums place their strongest tracks right up front, but you won't find that here. Although it starts off a little weak, "Take It To The Corner" is when I begin to make a connection and "Round Fire Strut" keeps it holding on. As "Round Fire Strut" evolves, you're going to start feeling it more and more, so when the funky 70's-inspired horns of "Hen Porch Blues" kick in, it's cut-up beats and light latin flavor are just right. "Ballad & Scrambled" follows up and breaks it all down into a nice, largely ambient intermezzo with unpredictible near-Eastern percussion.

You'll find strong latin and near-Eastern influences in Bodega's percussive rhythms with a persistent tropical undercurrent, overt dub-ness, and an unfailing experimentalism that tends to switch up the flow at least twice in each song. "Rooser Rooster" is a nice instrumental hip-hop joint you definitely want to check out.

If abstract dub is your flavor, step inside.

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