Haven't been payin attention lately.. so if this has been reviewed thus
far im sorry to steal yer bandwidth.
Compilation from new swedish label Dot:
The Knights Who Say Dot.
Anyone familiar with the recent first four 12" from Dot knows they've
got a quite a span in their artists. Fleetin monotonous lovely breaks to
aphex-like developing rhytms to clear-cheesy funked up cute melodies.
All of it executed with a wink n tons of talent. The compilation
produces 6 new tracks, sadly enuff nothin new from quant.
tracks
Quant:
intestinal sound
i like this both of em taken from the Quant 12". excellent
tunes. breaks my heart nothin new came out of this
guy.. oh well:
starts out slow n clear with breaks developin a
minute or so into the songs. fast fleetin breaks with
funk on top. I love this guy, wish he'd let me
buy'im a beer someday.
Hab:
Save the adults
Pan Save the adults is the new tune, Pan is from HAB
12". Smilin music with a touch of rdj in
breaks and slow movin SAW melodies. Makes u
wanna hug sumone.. there's no question where this
guy gets his inspiration. Both the 12" n the new
song breathes all the lovely asphexts u can think of.
Save the vocals, if ur into those.
oh yeah.. the name aint taken from hangable..
he had it before the hab1 release.
Friend:
The sauna affair
Eight ball The sauna affair is the new song, Eight ball is
from the Chromosome for sale 12". Sauna
could be DnB but kinda escapes through the
same small hole that Tom Jenkinson did.
There's no acoustic bass or anything.. but there's
the playfulness, control and innovation i think
sqrpshr is soaked with. Eight ball is one of
the stickiest songs from the four Dot 12"'s this
far. Slazenger, clear n' no hurry whatsoever.
Lovely tune, grows on ya til u cant understand why
everything isnt as fucked up as this.
Tupilaq:
Married the dragon
Pollen 23 Pollen 23 is off volver ep 12", Married.. is the
new song. Autechre fans will probably like the
volver ep, including pollen 23. personally i
dunno.. sometimes i like it, sumtimes i
dont. Married the dragon is sumthing new.
Hits u like acid (not the drug) but then u
realize its still Ae-influenced music.. perhaps
on the wrong speed tho. Much better than
tupilaqs previous tunes imo.
Roupe:
Timelapse Remixed one of the tunes on quant 12", n did a
hell of a job on it too. Timelapse is a new
tune, with the same feelin as the quant mix in a
new form. Breakbeats n stuff. Some weird
vocals. As close to the regular DnB scene
as this compilation gets.
Placid angles:
Beauty of life I dont know where to put this. Sumwhere close to
older GC releases perhaps.
Tiptoeing melody with some strings n weirdness
in the background. Lovely, short n
precise. Shows promise.
Doktor Kosmos & Friend:
I love You (huh) Repetitive, not quite as impressive as the rest
of the compilation. Catchy tho, n kinda naively
nice in a way. Got some wall of sound
rhythmic aspects. Rounds things off rather
well.
to sum things up... go buy it. cant get it? mail 4thworld directly or
check out their homepage:
http://dialspace.dial.pipex.com/4thworld/
they've got it n they're nice.
there's no way to tell u how much u'll love this compilation. i've had
three listens since i picked it up earlier today, n it just wont get out
of my head. im swede, n ive been waitin for it.. so maybe im
biased.. but wtf. i cant recommend it highly enuff.
BUY!! BUY!! BUY!! feel the need.
Oa / mono / daddydabone *smilin* cause of..
The Knights Who Say Dot: onnow.
"Some peoples playfulness and innovation and others
appreciation of these things"
- Vonnegut paraphrased