Skinny Puppy - Mind: The Perpetual Intercourse

jazzliscious, Apr 13, 2009

This album may not be everyones cup of tea but for whatever reason on a gray day this album just presses the right buttons. My favorite is the album closer "Burnt With Water". Theres just something about the mechanical timekeeper approach of the sort of tick tock noise that counts off the fours until the drums kick in. And when they do that beat - it rocks but yet its so utterly simple. Thats what I love about music! When that intangible hits you, you know it. I love the somewhat common in its day gated reverb on the kick. And as for other tunes on the album, well, that 808 is there in all its glory. I love that machine! And who doesnt? What makes this album also a joy is that you hear other machines at work besides just the 808. I dont know just what they were, but its nice to not always hear only the 808. Great music for when you dont wanna dance the night away!

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