Fetisch Park's Alluvial is a wet glide into a pungent delta of broken electronic beats, dripping rhythms and ethereal voices carried across the watery flats from somewhere far off. The singing, fit to lure sailors onto hidden reefs, is actually the captured voices of Thai prostitutes captured by Carla Subito and placed into a fitting frame created in the studio. Knowing this, Alluvial becomes a fascinating document of transcending beauty and composer Subito's versatile and thoughtful skills. Former church organist Subito founded Fetisch Park nine years ago with Marlon Shy. Globetrotter and painter Shy is especially interested in the religion and sexuality of Thai and Nepalese women. Alluvial is a sort of diptych, in two halves. By "Ballroom" we are at our soggiest in sensuality and movement. The final half is an ambient afterglow that soothes and eases the listener back into reality. Alluvial should be readily prescribed for romance and relaxation, in that order. ~ Tom Schulte, All Music Guide
