John Graham is undoubtedly one of the greatest and most well-deserved eulogists of the progressive genre. Over the last 15 years he's achieved goals that were reachable to no more than a few other artists. His music opened the doors of Virgin Records and the Olympics Village in Sydney, and his tracks have been played by every important DJ, beginning with Paul Oakenfold and finishing with John Digweed, for example. He cooperated with Planet Funk on their 'Illogical Consequence' album, but, to me, Quivver is mostly seen as the producer behind the output of the Tilt trio.
Graham's name without doubt brings about associations with progressive, but as an artist he's been able to produce every kind of electronic music with equal skills. Nature has given him a very good voice, too - its warm, clear colour goes hand in hand with the written on breaky background melodies that are to be heard in his music.
For his first artist album Quivver has prepared 3 breakbeat tracks (the best of which is the rather poppy 'Chasing a Feeling'), 3 numbers kept in the mood of progressive trance (with the four-on-four monster 'Sarin' on top), one minimal house cut and 2 chill-out productions. Working with any of the genres seems to be the staff of life to Graham, as each of the tracks has exceptional artistic valour. Unfortunately, due to such a musical ragbag, the album fails in the integrity department, as it's like a journey filled not just with stops, but also with different means of transport.
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