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A few Kracfive reviews for you - some old some new...
. Colongib + Chris Graves: special rumble cd (Kracfive)
With Special Rumble, gone are the video game noises and crunchy
afx-esque percussions of previous Colongib & Pacman releases. In
their place, Colongib & Chris Graves deliver a surprisingly mature
and complex album that leans more towards the early workings of
Matmos or even the less-frantic Hrvatski tracks than Aphex Twin. A
few of the high points of this release include 'Fea Needs Fixing'
which sounds like was entirely build from chopped up vocal samples
and environmental sounds, 'Scotch and the Transparent Anatomy' which
is a dark melancholy track, 'Relative Salmon' which is a dark glitch
track that evolves into a much lighter piece a nice ghostly melody,
and finally 'True' which is a playful downtempo jazz track with
live-sounding bass and percussion. Throughout Special Rumble Chris
Graves and Colongib continually succeed in creating a mature,
complex, playful, and sometimes chaotic atmosphere that fans of
Matmos, Hrvatski, and maybe Unagi Patrol or Adrien75 should enjoy.
Special Rumble is a surprisingly impressive release from the Kracfive
crew. Give it a try.
. Penguin Mechanics vol 3 comp cd (Kracfive)
Finally got to hear this Kracfive comp which came out back in '99. It
features a whole lineup of established and up-and-coming talent
including Freeform, v/vm, Lackluster, Proem, Phthalocyanine, Cex,
Bauri, BrothomStates, Chaircrusher, Pacman, and Colongib to name a
few. Overall a mixed bag of styles represented here from the more
idm-friendly sounds to more experimental and power electronics
tracks. The tracks that immediately stood out to my ears were the
Freeform's 'square wheels,' BrothomState's 'not kava,' Pacman's
'citybuilder,' and Cex's 'music box,' but tracks by proem, lackluster
and miragliuolo were also worthwhile. If you missed this one the
first time around, listen to the samples on the Kracfive website to
see what you missed at
http://www.kracfive.com/
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