I've not yet heard the album, but there's a neat live set featuring some of
the tracks off of it free to download up on 4four.org, which should allow
many who've not yet experienced the Fake sound to sample and decide for
themselves whether there's any more to the claims than just merely hype.
Having said that, I've personally found listening to his dance floor
targeted releases to be nothing short of an absolute treat ! Equals parts
emotive and intelligent. Encouraging that the "tech-house" scene may yet
start to credibly deliver onto us an assuredly "danceable" intelligent
dance music afterall... some of the time anyways.
If you haven't already done so, go and take down Dinamo as proof. One of my
favourite tracks of the last year. Handsome stuff altogether.
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| | Alan.R.Lockett@br|
| | istol.ac.uk |
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| | 29/03/2006 23:45 |
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| To: thorsten sideb0ard <thorsten@highpointlowlife.com> |
| cc: idm@hyperreal.org |
| Subject: Re: [idm] Belong - October Language |
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Quoting thorsten sideb0ard <thorsten@highpointlowlife.com>:
quoted 14 lines stunning album! I've been into that a lot and looking forward to the> stunning album! I've been into that a lot and looking forward to the
>
> upcoming UK Belong tour.
>
> In a somewhat similar fashion, what are people making of the Nathan
> Fake
> album? I picked that up cos it was described as a more poppy MBV.
> I've
> only listened through it a few times, but it has nowhere near the
> same
> emotional response as, say, listening to the Belong album. I mean its
>
> okay, i would probably have loved it if it wasnt for all the really
> hyped up reviews.
Right. The Nathan Fake I know is miles away from MBV, apart perhaps
from 'The Sky was Pink', which betrays vague Shieldsisms in its
digitised slightly overdriven chord sustains. The rest I've heard
sounds like a variant of tech-house to me, be it ever so slightly off-
kilter. Dunno if 'Outhouse' is on the album, but that 12" track was a
very BoC-sounding warbly synth 'riff' taken for a sort of 'knowing'
bangin' techno outing. Entertaining, but more 'dance' in it than
er... 'intelligence'. I don't think Fake's fake, he's just been touted
by some as something he ain't.
alan
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