Stasis-INSPIRATION
Peacefrog Records
PF 028
2xLP
1995
Tracks:
'natural people'
Sound File Nos. 68
'inside'
'exosphere'
Sound File Nos. 13
'they shit chips don't they'
'pork chop hill'
Sound File Nos. 94
'world out of time'
'inspiration'
Sound File Nos. 7
'welcome to the new age disco'
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It's amazing what a few simple keystrokes can do, isn't it? Steve
Piction takes a normally complex genre of underground music, and turns it
into something some deceptively simple. Of course you have complex
layering of percussive sounds, intelligently mutated samples, a few
reverbed synth lines, and there you have it. Stasis takes all these
steps even further, and tweaks it to make the best listening album from
Peacefrog for a long time to come...
'natural people' is simply beautiful, opening like a B12 magna-opus, with
a gorgeous "orchestral" vibe to it. 'inside' is melancholic in nature,
and is more like "autumnal music"--very laid back and relaxed. 'they
shit chips don't they' is very sweet sounding electronica, and one to
really do your head in as you glide along through the tracks. 'world out
of time' clearly illustrates my point of something simple. A melody that
sounds so over-familiar, you're bashing your head trying to figure out
where you heard it before. That's where a lot of these IDM artists
really sell big.
'inspiration' is an inspiration in itself...to make
music that can not only give you good dreams, but to push yourself more
to be original, no matter what you do. Very dreamy, and one for the easy
chair in anyone's living room (as is just about this entire album!!!)
'Welcome To The New Age Disco' is tops on this album. Lots of discolike
sounds(cowbells, etc...) mesh to produce this masterpiece of futuristic
synth sounds with technology developed in the '70's, reproduced for
"electro" in the '80's, and abused in the '90's to make it sound like
"disco" again.
Remarkable, Original, and Right On Time!!!!!!
10/10
Derek Jordan