DJ Shufflemaster - EXP

Shufflemaster delivers a trademark album for the German Tresor label, fast, a lot of percussion, toms and some ambient soundscapes. When you put the cd in your player, you are inmediately being welcomed by EXP, a though percussive track which doesn't really change during the 5 minute trip, sometimes a percussion layer is been added or removed, sometimes the balance moves, nice track though, the same goes for track 2. The Ambient soundscapes begin in track 4: Fourthinter. A really deep sound with some drivin' percussion, nice composition. Fourthinter flows into Imageforum with the same soundscape. Opaqueness is a really sick tune if you are gonna hear this on full power: a minimal acid-like theme on the background with sick hard and weird percussion, and halfway down the track a dark and mysterious ambient soundscape add's a lot mystery. The other tracks are good and though, some are experimental like 'Dawn Purple', some very minimal like 'Experience', it's a strong album.

Great mastering and some sick tracks. Tatsuya did a great job on this one.

4/5.

I listen to all kinds of music and have a lot of records but this is the one that very rarely leave my cd-player. DJ Shufflemasters kicks and beats are the finest and most well-planned, like, ever. You can here the japaneese rhythm in his tunes. The monotonous deepness with the short hihats as light.
The sound of this album is like it is handmade live.
This is one of the best techno-albums. Ever.