Debut solo album from Lab alum Sabo! As a veteran producer (and DJ),Sabo heads up his Sol Selects label and has been releasing music for a long time. After 11 years in New York, he relocated to LA in 2011 to chase a dream of playing deep, mid-tempo tribal music to fresh young years, and Vibe Quest is a record that represents his dedication to creating experiences that transcends a typical night out. The 12-tracker explorespost-moombahton; the slow burning tempos represent the genre that Sabo helped architect, but he takes a deeper, more spiritual approach where tribal and multi-ethnic influences-African chants, Jamaican baselines, Caribbean steel drums, disco vibes, South American music, jazz, to name a few-are at the forefront of the music. Its hypnotic, positive, and sexy, and the album undoubtably is designed to make you move in a more meaningful, beyond-the-physical way. Check out the title track featuring his mother, who is a self-taught vibraphonist, as well as Afro Fuego, Sure and Pure, Drop That, Singing game, Timbiqui Hasta DC, Black Flowers, and Force 4 Movement.

• music label: Sol Selectas 2016

reviewed by donut savage 08/2016