L'usine ICL- Slipthrough 12"
It seems Jeff saves his mellower, more laid back stuff to be released under
his ICL moniker. In terms of overall sound, this one fits nicely between a
Pseudo Steady State and the first album or the Surface EP. Head noddy and
groovy with flourishes of glitch, although not nearly to the extent of his
Isophlux releases. Reverby flutes, beepy synths, solid beats. One uptempo
song leaning toward drum n bass. I seem to recall that a couple tracks on
this 12" were taken from the Psuedo Steady State cd.
I don't mean to sound like a total honk, but this guy I think with a couple
more quality releases could be a big rock star like Kid 606 or Richard
Devine are now.
Chris Clark- Clerance Park
All the Aphex Twin comparisons are appropriate. I'd add that you might like
this if you also like Jega's "Geometry," Gimmik's "Load Error EP," or even
some of Kid 606's more playful moments. Sometimes crunchy and no nonsesnse
and all business, other times hoppin' and skippin' along like every day was
sunny and mild.
Slag Boom Van Loon- So Soon 12"
I wonder how much of the original Slag Boom sounds come in to play on here.
On the original album put out a couple years ago, there were only two tracks
with any drum parts to speak of and the majority of the album rather spooky
ambient. Yet the 12" is all beaty and loopy. Certainly some nice stuff,
though. The Boards of Canada mix could've shown up on In a Beautiful
Place... and been labelled an original and I wouldn't have thought twice
about it. The Mum mix and Tipper mix are also winners. Four Tet's use of
real drums (or at least extremely realistic sounding drums much like a jazz
combo drummer) don't really work for me. u-ziq's mix is passable. The
muffled kick actually reminds me somewhat of the Orb.
If there's any real disappointment it's that nobody attempted a remix/rework
of the self titled album's epic, sprawling, and generally uneasy sounding
centerpiece "Fallen Angels Entering Pandemonium."
House of Distraction
General DSP wankery. The only standouts on here are the two Jake Mandell
tracks and Phoenecia's "Phase Inv. 2" which to me sounds better played at 45
rpm coming off the Ischemic Strokes 12". Looks like Schematic is carving out
a nice niche (read: rut) for itself.
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