2 things that ruined my weekend-
Meat Beat Manifesto- RUOK?
Should've been called 'Music for Stoners.' Gone are any hints of the big
beat acid-y techno that has been his trademark over the past handful of
albums, and instead we get an album of slow- and mid-paced instrumental dub.
Boring. Nothing brave about it. I'm thinking he won't be broadening his
fanbase with this one, but rather losing those of us Meat Beat fans who are
now longing for the propulsive sounds of Actual Sounds and Original Fire.
MBM is now relegated to the same status as NIN in that I won't even bother
with the studio albums any more, but I'll keep my fingers crossed for the
remixes.
Kid606- $ 7" series
I picked up a few of these over the weekend. Not good. Miguel in full on hip
hop mode and not even close to realizing the potential that we heard on his
'Attitude' track. Novelty points for his track 'War Bombs,' which is a
fairly literal cover of some old Slayer song with the guitars replaced by a
Commodore64 type synthy sound and Tom Araya replaced by some hyper-speed
rapper. Haven't heard any of the B sides yet.
2 things that salvaged my weekend-
Com.a / Duplo Remote split 12" on Fat Cat
The Com.a tracks are killer. Gritty crunchy hardish beats with a healthy
dose of glitch as well as melody. And how nice is it to hear some idm tracks
at 5, 6 and 7 minutes? Reminds me of Shocking Hobby in that way. Duplo
Remote I hadn't heard before, but those tracks too are petty neat, except
those are the 2 and 2 1/2 and 3 minute tracks that we've all become too
accustomed to hearing.
Multiplex- Pighaus Frequencies on Toytronic
Way mellow for my tastes, but still a pleasant listen. For fans of Boards of
Canada, Telefon Tel Aviv, or L'usine's floatier tracks. Anybody know how the
remix cd is?