Here's some new things I've gotten at the store recently:
Orbital - The Box
Well what I can I say about this one? Orbital continues to test the
patience of its fans who long for a glorious return to the sound and
style of Orbital 2. Times Fly was a nice treat after the
disapointment of Snivelisation. A good album I suppose, but how
often DO YOU listen to it? Now how much did you listen to Orbital 2?
See what I mean? As Orbital's music gets farther and farther away
from it's trademark 'sound' and its albums become more uneven, its
live shows seem to benefit. I can easily imagine enjoying hearing
Orbital perfrom The Box live, but on CD...well somethings amiss.
From the sounds of it, it seems Orbital have become big Portishead
fans since the last ep and have watched The Third Man one too many
times. Orbital have become a damn trip-hop act, there are live
drums, live guitars, and live vocals. The girl from Snivelisation is
fine, the man if fucking awful and makes Orbital sound like
Underworld. I'm sorry friends, maybe this record will grow on me,
but at the moment I'm feeling very disapointed in the brothers
Hartnoll. The new organic 'live' sound they've adopted just dosen't
suit their music. It worked for The Orb on their last album, but
Orbital? No dice. Leave the live insturments to the people who know
how to use them, like Squarepusher. Lets hope the albums better,
which, by the way, is going head to head against the Caustic Window
album. Lets hope Aphex sells more.
Kinesthesia - Empathy Box LP Rephlex CAT 022LP
A fantasic album of prime IDM from Kinesthesia. I can't recommend
this highly enough. I've listened to it again and again since I
bought it. Side one features slower melodic songs and side two
features some nice mid-tempo beats. A lovely diversion till Aphex
unleashes his next creation in a couple weeks. The album comes on
white viynl with a clear plastic cover. My only complaint is that
the plastic cover is too large to fit in one of those protective
plastic sleeves which leaves it open to dust on one side.
Synectics in The Purple Universe Rephlex CAT 006CD
I found this used today when I picked up the Orbital CD. A wonderful
album of mid-tempo techno with a tingle of trance and some ambience
thrown in. I'm begining to think 1993 was the best year there's been
for IDM fans and it won't get any better. Now if only I could find
Rephlex CAT 005 (or 009 for that matter). Can anyone give me some
info on the artists behind this CD and what other things they haved
done?
Peace out...
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