quoted 2 lines hi guys,> hi guys,
> got this cex cd in the mail, thought id like to mention that its good
stuff,
quoted 1 line good melodies and beats, sorta on the aphex tip, been listening to it in> good melodies and beats, sorta on the aphex tip, been listening to it in
the
quoted 3 lines car for a while, will let you know more about it later.> car for a while, will let you know more about it later.
> seeya
> marumari
that's funny, because i just got a marumari cd in the mail that is very
good...
(taken from www.tigerbeat6.com/cex)
"A couple of weeks ago I bought the new Marumari album, Ballad of the Round
Ball (crpk cd2) at the local record store because I rarely find any
underground electronic stuff at all at the local record store and I also
rarely buy new cds, so I thought it would be an appropriate and acceptable
indulgence. And I am very glad I did, because Ballad is tight. Marumari pays
close attention to the "sonics" of his tracks, and weaves catchy, sometimes
dreamy melodies around intricately textured pads and regular & rhythmic
beats. He composes very musically - there isn't the standard "techno"
formula of making a beat, adding one synth line, adding another, breakdown,
etc - while the tracks flows continuously and seamlessly from beginning to
end, Marumari brings in and out different instruments playing different
lines, there's almost no "looping" going on. But the sound is very raw. he
makes some sounds clip and overload at points, reverses whole phrases, and
gives his beats a nice swing. Nothing feels too quantized and Marumari is
obviously a real musician and not just a programmer. Since I bought the disc
I contacted Josh Marumari and chatted with him and we exchanged cd-rs of new
stuff. He sent me a copy of his new album, due out on Carpark in the Spring
(I think) and oh my god, this thing is amazing. It totally continues on the
same original sound -- melodic, laid back, and upbeat tunes -- but where
Ballad gets a lot of charm from the raw, bedroom production sound, the new
disc has a tight, shiny production and more emotion which convinces me that
Marumari could make tracks for the radio that would make everyone who heard
them a lot smarter. Some excellent tracks here using guitars and what
sounds like beats sampled from real drum kits... this disc is even more
accessible than the first, I can see people referencing Mouse on Mars to
describe the sound, but mostly because Marumari makes everything sound so
fluid and alive and sonically complex in his tracks. This is definitely a
guy to watch, because not only is his music great and is he prolific as all
hell, but he's on a very upwardly mobile label, Carpark. Carpark is a very
new and totally independent label, but they've already got national
distribution, have had Marumari played on MTV and have their releases
noticed by national magazines
like the Urb. So watch these guys, they are definitely going places."
seeya
cex
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