Label: Peak Records
Released: 2007

01. Mbirations
02. Across The Threshold
03. Thermal Shock
04. Mystic Mountain
05. Wavelength
06. Birds
07. Zero Defect
08. Spacedrift

Flooting Grooves is a project by Pearce van der Merwe who's from southern Africa and is a member of The Peaking Goddess Collective. "Upsyde Downe" is his debut album that was released in Swiss Peak Records. Rhythm of the heart of the tracks contained on this CD is beating from 60 to 130 times per minute with the increasing tempo from track to track. This album is rich in collaborations. All persons involved in less or more degree in Pearce's debut are: Daniel Symons, Gaspard Besson, Ajja S. F. Leu, Jovis, Ben Amato and Eliot Short.

We start with "Mbirations" - composition about Eastern beauty with euphoric flute motive, with many flying sounds of darbuka, kalimba, ocarina, with a floating bass and additional spices raised from percussion, that in sum up creates a wonderful introduction to the CD and the most beautiful composition of the album. "Across The Threshold" is the second track - we have here some guitar plays and a jewish harp (this is a kind of harp), marching bass, and the emotional shade of "searching for something". First two tracks are a pure chillout, the next track is a progressive. In "Thermal Shock" we have guitar, regular kick on 4/4 and a synthesizer background. Flute is starting after the fourth minute and clearly don't want to be a leader - however, this aspiration show us the guitar that starts after the fifth minute, but only flute - that is back to us after the sixth minute in optimistic colour - is creating with that guitar main motive - like a soft, afternoon trip. "Mystic Mountain", track number four, have a drone, flute, mandolin and vocals - this all in chillout formula with electronic supplements pass to progressive in the middle of the track. The title show us the atmosphere: very mystical and Buddhist. "Wavelength" is a composition that really nice continue previous moments. Again we have a drone, vocal and mandolin, but this time 4/4 keep all the time; also more electronic elements we've got here. And now two tracks composed in every segment by Pearce. The sixth track on the CD is called "Birds" and I can easily say that this is the most progressive track contained on the disc. Though sounds mutation cause that in can be felt like a chillout journey. The next one is "Zero Defect" - this is another prog station, similiar to the previous one, but maybe more psytrance elements we've got here. Album ends with a very mystical (because of didgeridoo) and ambient (in the form) "Spacedrift".

"Upsyde Downe" is a fusion of progressive sounds and world music with admixture of psychedelia. The album is swimming in the mystical river of the Indian emotions. Pearce's flute works can be rated very good. His plays are well composed with the background and lead the harmony of all sounds, though it's not the same class as Raja Ram from Shpongle have, because there aren't here the melodies - maybe without the last melody from "Mbirations" - so falling in the heart. Miss of charming motives is definitely the biggest, and large in itself, bad thing in "Upsyde Downe".