quoted 26 lines Jeremy J Graham wrote:
>Jeremy J Graham wrote:
>> So how's that new comp from Schematic? What's good, and bad, about it?
>> Overall, is it worth a purchase?
>
>just a few thoughts from a couple initial listens...
>
>the most obvious, first-degree comparison i could make is that it looks
>& sounds like chiastic slide. same design style (it's a wonder if tdr
>is taking itself seriously or just revelling in self-pastiche), same low
>melodic content, same obtuse drums & other scraping noises, which,
>although very pretty, get a bit tedious to listen to, because everybody
>is essentially doing the same thing throughout the disc. sure, they do
>it fairly well, but at the expense of a healthy dose of variety.
>
>someone had pointed the artificial intelligence compilations as a
>reference point. well, taking ai2 as an example, i would say that both
>compilations indeed have the same problem: _they have the same freaking
>style throughout_. you could fool someone into thinking both are
>single artist releases, except not as cohesive.
>
>that said, this mostly negative review might overshadow the fact that
>most of the tracks on ischemic folks are so skillfully crafted that it
>would be unjust to simply dismiss it as a mere compendium of
>ae-by-numbers audio doodles. give it a listen, see if you like. but
>don't expect a revolutionary disc -- which was the slightly misleading
>impression i was getting from early reviews on this list.