Cambio "Safebreakers EP" Immortal Records Imm 003
a1 Weirder than Life
a2 What You Want
b1 Autopsy (1st incision mix)
b2 Autospy (on the slab mix)
b3 Autopsy (second opinion mix)
Did you like Renegade Soundwave's "In Dub"? So did Cambio. This
one is just full of that kind of feel, crisp well produced low beat
rhythms. I even recognized a couple of samples from In Dub. The treat
here is their experimentation in rhythms, backwards feels, slick fills.
Not really the most groundbreaking record around, but when I calm down
and aim downtempo, this will certainly be played. Autopsy was really
what I focused on, however, the mixes are pretty short.
Baba G "Dig a Jig" Butterfly Records BFLT 24
a1 Dig a Jig (Da Shannon Mix)
b1 DIg a Jig (Dragonfly Kundalini Trance Mix)
Hmmm. The first side sucks. Violin in a minor key played in the
style of "Swamp Thing". Stupid samples of song title. Hee-Haw goes to a
rave and takes itself seriously. Fully Fucking Lame. Let's try the
other side! Upbeat house/trance with a squiggly acid line. Anything
would be an improvement over the first side, but I would play this, the
beat is more insistent, the line is good, progress has been made on this
track, but it still isn't anything to get to hot over. My advice?
Avoid.
Sympletic Ifach 009
a1 Free B
b1 Roller
b2 Jijon
I am always pretty pleased with Peter Ford's Ifach label. Not
dissapointing in the least, Sympletic stays unconventional, the beats are
stee-range, the rhythms are damn near unmixable, but the sounds are so
warm and hollow and the frequencies, the mess with yer matter. Bass is
thick and rich on Free B. Free B drones. Roller is a little more
conventional, with a schitzophrenic experimental jazzy bass patch. A
slight melody creeps in about 2/3 of the way through, and hangs slightly
overhead. Jijon is more Detroit, with a flowing synth over the top and a
smooth feel all over. Ifach is the poop, fer sure.
Again, thanks to Derek at Inportland, and more on the way.
Cameron psu00110@odin.cc.pdx.edu Hate my reviews and want to send me
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