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Rinse (2) - Untitled
Label:
Catalog#:
AA 05
Format:
Vinyl, 12"
Country:
Netherlands
Released:
Oct 2006
Genre:
Electronic
Style:
Hardcore,
Techno,
Acid
Notes
All tracx by RINSE.
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Reviews & Discussion
Horrible. To think we had to wait for a year for this! (AA 06 and 07 were released early 2006, this one late 2006)
To begin with, it is on 180g wax. Some say it is better, but really, it does not even _sound_ better. Not to mention that it makes for a more fragile record, therefore tricky to handle.
Now, the music. "Sneakin'" is really bad trance, perhaps filled up with hardtek steroids, but a fast, gritty kickdrum has never made a track sound better. "Holobas Mecupia" is okay for the first thirty seconds, until the terrible k-k-tss-k-k-k-tss hi-hats start and ruin it all, letting one think they wrongly entered a trendy club, except one where the records are played at 45rpm. An awful (and very much recurrent) vocal gimmick completes the bad taste. "Gintonic" could be far above the lot if it was not for the dire Acid line that is so naive and uninspired it would bore Derrick groupies to tears.
But then, beware: there is "Speakers Hate Me" to make up for all that. A lot of distortion, some flanger, a festive mood, yet still rather mental, a feeling of constantly being sucked up upwards, a fair bit of energy and the snippet "speakers hate me". Yes, because of that track, it is worth having. For the rest, it would probably have been better to release the record even later, so that it would have had different tracks altogether, or much, much earlier, so as to limit the hype and expectations.
To begin with, it is on 180g wax. Some say it is better, but really, it does not even _sound_ better. Not to mention that it makes for a more fragile record, therefore tricky to handle.
Now, the music. "Sneakin'" is really bad trance, perhaps filled up with hardtek steroids, but a fast, gritty kickdrum has never made a track sound better. "Holobas Mecupia" is okay for the first thirty seconds, until the terrible k-k-tss-k-k-k-tss hi-hats start and ruin it all, letting one think they wrongly entered a trendy club, except one where the records are played at 45rpm. An awful (and very much recurrent) vocal gimmick completes the bad taste. "Gintonic" could be far above the lot if it was not for the dire Acid line that is so naive and uninspired it would bore Derrick groupies to tears.
But then, beware: there is "Speakers Hate Me" to make up for all that. A lot of distortion, some flanger, a festive mood, yet still rather mental, a feeling of constantly being sucked up upwards, a fair bit of energy and the snippet "speakers hate me". Yes, because of that track, it is worth having. For the rest, it would probably have been better to release the record even later, so that it would have had different tracks altogether, or much, much earlier, so as to limit the hype and expectations.
There is only one track I dont like, and that is Holobas Mecupia, due to its awful implemented vocal sample. But the other tracks make up for this, and I especially like Sneakin' with its mysterious and curious atmosphere, a great track to warm up the dancefloor at the beginning of the night.