Now I know I am probably the thousandth person to comment on the new release by RDJ, but let me anyway.
After buying it and rushing home to give it a listen, I was shocked. What the fuck is this Come to Daddy shit? Is that for real? I could have "written" a better track with my Casio keyboard and cassette recorder. Is this what we call Intelligent Dance music?
I've always thought of RDJ as a mediocre musician with a few good works to his name, but this was crazy.
Then I listened to Flim. Beautiful, Playful melody with a child-like beauty. I thoroughly enjoyed it.
Went through the rest of the album and almost threw up at the rancidity of the Shit on there. I'm trying to figure out how the execs at Sire records kept a straight face while approving this release (they probably kept looking at predicted sales figures after the MTV hyping and "TECHNO HITS THE US!" fanfare going around.)
But to my surprise, along comes the little ditty IZ-US. Again, melodic, pleasing synths with a catchy, yet all-to-common swingish beat. What sample CD did he rip that from - "Basic drum loops Vol 1? Either way the song is enjoyable.
I'll tell you, this RDJ bullshit is ridiculous. Its a shame that even in a non-mainstream vein such as IDM, we still have our pop stars and bandwagon idols - RDJ is NO exception. He has it all - the Logo, the secure label contract, and the wacky gimmick persona.
I think I should start a calculated campaign and approach MCA. My new IDM/"Techno is USA" hero is called Rubber Ducky. I have a logo with a ducky grooving to some tunes a la Plastikman. And my gimmick is to sample ducks having sex with a distorted breakbeat running in the background? I hear a five million dollar cash advance guys...let me go work on this - tlak ya later!
Flame me till it hurts,
Ami
A. Mukerjee
Vassar College
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