I'm really getting into this album as well. I heard more of a UK garage
influence than an R&B one, but perhaps that's just making assumptions based
on their nationality.
When I went to listen to it, I was a bit suss, thinking that although I
liked the other two CDs they're a bit much to listen through and generally
get boring. I always think of them as sounding really good, put them on,
and find my enthusiasm waning by about half way through. Anyway, I gave
'Tender Love' a listen, got really excited about half of it, and thought
I'd buy it anyway for the tracks I did like, cos they remind me of no other
material out there. Now I'm finding that I really enjoy putting the whole
thing on and letting it roll from start to finish. Admittedly it works best
as background music, but it's also really nice to crank it up and let the
sounds do their thing. Tracks like the 4th one would just be plenty of fun
to dance to.
I love one of the tracks where part of the rhythm pattern slowly moves
relative to the rest of the track over several minutes. Sorta like an R&B
Steve Reich. :) I'm also reminded of Eno tossing on ;) about repetition,
and how once you've got something really repetitive even the slightest
changes are made more obvious.
Michael
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