Hello,
Just wanted to give some quick reviews on a few things I've
picked up recently ... I don't normally write reviews,
so these are a little rough, I s'pose.
ISAN - salamander
This was actually disappointing, I was expecting a lot more
from others' good reviews of it, and on the strength of the
remix on the Warp 10 compilation. There are a few really good
tracks (twentyfive thirtyone is excellent), but a lot of the
other tracks have some leads that I find extremely disagreeable -
both in terms of the melody and the synths they used. I guess
overall its a decent release, but I'd say stay away from it
if you dislike cheesy melodies.
Dettinger - Intershop
Someone recommended this to me, I can't remember why ... anyway
its very good. Somehow I think this sounds like a cross between
Jochem Paap's ambient stuff and Thomas Brinkmann's repetitive
techno. Very nice mixture, very soothing.
Penguin Mechanics Vol III
Really pleased with this one - nice mix of clanky, crunchy,
even sometimes ambient-ish (like the lackluster track), but
always mechanical. I was very impressed with the first track by
Versh Gear Choir - great arrangement of rhythmic noise; (does
this act have any other releases???? do they sound like this
track?) Also, the brothomstate track is brilliant... I hope
he gets some more stuff released soon, I'm betting we are
missing out on some great music. I don't have the CD handy,
but I remember being impressed by the Freeform and Proem
tracks as well.
kettel (on mp3.com)
I haven't dug around much on mp3.com, because in the past all
the stuff I downloaded was crap. But recently I've been checking it out
again, and stumbled over this, and its really excellent stuff.
Abstract electronic, with strong rhythms, dare I say autechre-like.
Again, anyone have more info on this act?
Saint 13 CDR
Just bought this out of the blue from pj's list, its on the
aii label (website is
http://aii.fm, I believe). The first
track isn't so good, but don't let that turn you off, because
the other three tracks are excellent. Not too sure how to
describe it, basically rich, black dog-type abstract techno.
Bottom line : crap. yet another label to soak up my cash.
regards,
aronne
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