Re: (idm) 'Shaped to make your life easier' review
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DEFINITELY worth $9.99 for the LP-7" combo from the RESONANCE mail-order
listing!
In a message dated 10/22/97 11:21:54 PM, IainH@rjune.demon.co.uk wrote:
quoted 27 lines 'Shaped to make your life easier' (named after the marketing slogan for a>'Shaped to make your life easier' (named after the marketing slogan for a
>brand of feminine hygeine product) is, on the whole, absolutely great -
>it's electro-cheese-funk mixed with easy listening similar to to
>'makesaracket' but with a little more jazz&jewellery and possibly using a
>more sample-based format (actually, reading that back, that doesn't sound
>great at all but for some reason it all comes together with Mike's
>irrepresibly melodic soul and comes out ~right~ :) ).
>
>I'm not actually 100% as to why this wasn't a Jake Slazenger product. It
>is different enough to stop people from any sort of 'stuck in a groove'
>type comment but not *so* different that it seems a somewhat unnecessary
>alias.
>
>Most tracks take a loop from something already pretty jazzy or funky and
>then kick in with a lo-fi (but occasionally surprisingly big-beaty) drum
>loop before onto a tweaked synth melody (with the occasional touch of
>acid!) of sorts.
>
>Mike P. always succeeds at creating some sort of vibe within his tracks.
>This release has some great mood pieces, both stuff most folk like and
>other stuff that they don't (there's a comedic spoken piece where Mike P.
>hams it up something rotten with a fake accent and croon-a-la-Barry White;
>it may well be a love it or hate it type of thing).
>
>It isn't a wide-ranging or dynamic album but it IS a worthy purchase and if
>you get the chance to listen to it you may find it surprisingly infectious
>:)