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Ben Kirkley
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Date:
Wed, 23 May 2001 18:08:59 +0100
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[idm] Squarepusher - Go Plastic
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Sorry if there's already been a thread about this, but I just got a chance to listen to an advance release copy of "Go Plastic". Wow. Man is it all over the place. Squarepusher is on top experimental form. Lots of bleeps, buzzs and crashes. I guess the album I would most compare it to is Music Is Rotted One Note, but I'm not sure. It's certainly more spastic than Rotted, but seems to have a similar feel in that it's "experimental". Actually, maybe it's more just "mental". The "My Red Hot Car" track is the most accessible one on the CD (or so my workmates found). There are a couple other tracks that aren't so schizo. One of 'em is a kinda-dark drum n' bass song called "I Wish You Could Talk". It's gotta nice groove. The last song has a slow beat. Which is good as it allows the mind to come down from the crazy heights the previous tracks take you up to. All in all it's one of those albums that sounds better the more you listen to it, I found. What seems random at the first listening takes more shape and form the second time. Some nice melodies are buried within each track, and Tom's masterful control of his equipment is very evident. Has anyone else heard the album? Some other opinions of it would be cool. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org