albums of the decade - 100. Matias Aguayo - Are You Really Lost

100. Matias Aguayo - Are You Really Lost (2005)

We begin with a producer from Santiago, Chile who relocated to Cologne, Germany in the 1990's to start experimenting with electronica. Where a lot of minimal music comes off sounding cold and boring, or experimental for experimental sakes, this record is warm and sensual. Sampling voices and double tracking his breathy vocals and clickety fingers over elegant beats, this is best played with a fragrant candle that smells of lavender and lime at 2am. It stays on the right side of quirky and is psychedelic in all the right places, see the lyrics to 'The Green and the Red': "Red was joking and Green was smoking" and then "Red was lonely and Green was lovely" - you don't need drugs to appreciate the magificent colours of this tapestry though, maybe just a glass of red, but not too many! Or else you'll feel a bit green...