Minus 8 continues his lounge/downtempo excursions with SLOW MOTION, which suggests pretty much all you need to know. The title track is so smooth that it could have come off a late-night jazz station, sax and all (the sax returns on "Soverato '09" along with some summery vocal samples), but "Winter Tales" brings in some soul and folksy strumming. Virag's vocals add a certain mellowness to the album and keep it from totally sliding into soporifics (even if "Everybody's Gotta Learn Sometime" is sort of a lazy choice to cover). The strings on "Let It Go" also add some spice (though not too much). Alas, too much of this album falls into the 'nice' trap. "Last Nite" slides into some nice -- if bland -- house, as is the pleasant "Enigma Of A Summer Afternoon." "Close Your Eyes" is nice and dreamy. "Juy" has more of an edge to it, even if it's not particularly sharp; even the lame rap on "Hustler" can't quite lift it beyond. The last track, "Gymnopédie No. 1," is Erik Satie set to a beat, but it takes away the time signature that makes the gymnopédies work so well. Alas, perhaps the over motions are a bit too slow.