Ok... I've posted too much about technical/legal issues today, so here's my
brief review of the new Eat Static full-length, "Science of the Gods".
Basically, about half of it is in the drum-n-bass style. There is a lot of
weirdness to listen to, but not nearly as weird as say Squarepusher. The
sound of Eat Static has always included a lot of what I term to be "organic"
sounds, in that there's usually a lot of depth to each piece among the
varied sounds. But as a whole, I'd have to rate this new one at the bottom
of the stack.
In a nutshell, it didn't move me. Not that everything I buy has to be an
earth-shattering ground-breaking release, but this one just kind of leaves me
in the same place I started. There are a few bits in some of the tracks that
are pretty good, but the depth that I referred to above didn't really show
through.
A definite buy if you find it cheap, but if you're torn between the new Luke
Slater and this one (like I was), definitely go for the Slater first.
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jr