Greg Earle states:
quoted 6 lines A week or so ago, Sung Shim said:
>A week or so ago, Sung Shim said:
>> Saw this at the store the other day, CD in a purple case. What's the
>> word on it? Worth picking up?
>
>I noticed that no one followed up on this post. Am I the only one on IDM
>that bought the Synectics CD? (No review, sorry; I haven't heard it yet.)
I bought it. $13.99 new. Should've known something was wrong. Nice
purple jewel case, though.
Track 1 starts off with a typical trance beat. No magic here. Then
it goes into spineless, noodly ambience for 15 minutes or so, and with
2 and a half minutes to go, picks up a beat again, only to fade out.
Track 2 starts off with formulatic trance again, and then gets this
deep wurbly sound. However, as a whole, it sounds like it's going in
two directions.
Track 3 is another trancey tune. I don't know how to describe it other
than vanilla, generic trance. Track 4 sounds nice, and on the idm/ambient
border fence. Track 5 goes back into the trance, and dabbles in the 303
arena for a bit, but nothing to write home about. Track 6 continues in
the melodic trance vein; I like the bit after 2:10, and probably the
highlight of this cd for me. Track 7 picks up the trance pace, but doesn't
do a thing for me, even with the 303 action. Track 8 is another noodly
ambient piece, typical of some FAX stuff I have.
So, I'm unimpressed with it as a whole. Definitely a listen before you
buy type of purchase. For me, it has some moments, which add up to
under 5 minutes of interesting music. But your mileage may vary.
CAT 006 CD, (c) 1993. no track listing. Synectics are M. Repetto and
S. Riesen. Lotta purple.
Andrew
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