well, i can't go to sleep so...
...dear brain, oh fuck it-
here's some reviews straight-up w/o the bullshit.
(all these cds i've liked enough to listen to more than once
out of a bunch of good trades that arrived this week)
plod/oh boy (demo)
those fucking swedes, man... i tell yah, the brits got some serious
competition brewing there across the sea... first abba, then ace of base
(ha. HA!), then dot, and now plod. think about it, the next wave/phase of idm
might(is) come(ing) from there...
anyway, the music:
great... five tracks of very chilled/laid back autechre (incunabula!!!) vs
the dot legions vs BoC melodies and beats (well actually the beats are very
autechresque) ...the whole CD has a very 'pure' sound. the melodies are
sophisticated/tender/soulful and more developed than BoC's...
they just make me feel fuzzy all over and grin like an idiot alright?!
(and green w/envy :-) ) 'nuff said.
my only complaint: the beats. altho they're well programmed, they sound
somewhat anemically mixed... have a lo/fi feel, and kind of lack
colors/textures...(?)
i listened to this on speakers/stereos and came away with that impression
each time... if the beats were mixed with a little more punch, man, then
this CD would rank right up there with the BoC... but becasue of that
one flaw though, it doesn't quite make it to that level...
well, i'm just glad i was lucky enough to get this...
and i sincerely hope for plod they make it (inspite of the dumbass idiots
who run labels), cause this music deserves a wider audience...
69/sound of music (r&s) (an oldie, but a goodie)
man, i was so broke at strange? when i saw this... but i got this
with the last of my lunch money anyway 'cause it was just so friggin' good-
(now i'll have to leave myself at the mercy of those vampires at the
blood bank... sigh.)
anyway... basically, this is psyche/BFC on steroids... the beats are more
aggressive, but that carl craig feel is all there. when i was previewing
this at the store, i couldn't make all the way through the tracks
cause i thought i was gonna break down and cry- the tracks *spoke* to me man,
you know? but instead i had this big ass smile on my face and couldn't
really say anything... just nod and hand over the money...
carl craig man, why can't he achieve this level of emotion/soul with *all*
the tracks on his albums? anyway, i'd like to thank all those people who
recommended this to me, 'cause it delivers. (i got all his albums,
psyche/bfc + 69 comps, now, how's paperclip people in comparison to these?)
(that pitched string sound on 'desire' bugs the shit out me though)
boc/music has the right to children
this is the last album i picked up on my way to visiting my parents...
...i didn't even bother listening to it at the store, cause from
what i heard on the skampler and here, i knew exactly how it would sound.
well, it still mesmerized me... i remeber coming up to my room, laying down,
my mind cluttered with the impressions from my trip...
and then falling into a trance for 60min or so while this was on...
i mean, this thing took me places. and until tonight, i couldn't really
find words to describe it... i still (like kent) have to listen
to this a few more dozen times before i pronouce it 'brilliant'. but i
think, it's excellent... i don't want to over-hype it though, cause
i know that with some people (like certain nyu students i know, <ahem!>)
it might not click... at least on the first listen. you just have to be
in a certain mood... i was just lucky, that i heard it when i did...
anyway, this is what you should expect: more sophistication than the
tracks on the skampler, hip-hop beats with a autechreish tinge, and
melodies... well, melodies that are just distinctly BoC... they're
not especially complex or developed, but short, simple and hypnotic...
...and that's just it: beautiful (humorous/warm) simplicity...
(okay, now i can shut up about BoC)
peeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaace.
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