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Owl City - Ocean Eyes - 06-Nov-09 11:52 PM
Complete and total rip-off of Ben Gibbards (Postal Service, Deathcab For Cutie) style.
Its not as if its just "inspired by" it, or takes a little influence from it here and there. This is blatant theivery of someone elses very very specific style while trying to market itself as something original and honest.
Burial - Untrue - 01-Mar-08 06:06 PM
Id heard ALOT of amazing things about this album for months, then I actually got it and listened to it. Totally over-rated.
I was genuinely bored out of my mind with 85% of this album. There were a few tracks here and there that made my ears perk up for a few seconds. It didnt bore me as if I have ADHD or anything like that (Im quite the ambient/downtempo/musique-concrete fan), but this just seemed kind of un-inspired and formulaic.
I can appreciate the production skills here. Its put together well. But it just bored me, what can I say?
Alec Empire - Bass Terror EP - 17-May-07 05:28 PM
I cant say enough good things about this record!
This is absolutely essential! In my mind, Bass Terror EP is probably the best breakcore/hard ragga jungle 12" ever made. It really set the tone for the era and what would happen later with DHR, Ambush Records, etc. and just breakcore overall.
I still dont think anyone has topped, or ever will top this.
Theres nothing about this record that doesnt feel right to me.
Amazing sub-bass lines, great acid synths, and the best chopped & compressed breaks around.
The beats on each track are made from much of the same sources Im pretty sure, so it flows perfectly from beginning to end. Fast, chopped up, compressed amens.
Also, years later in ATRs "Weve Got The Fucking Power" on Sick To Death EP, Alec used the same sub-bass line he used here in "Fuck You Up".
Various - DIY-Fest - 10-May-07 01:26 PM
This is the worst thing DHR ever released.
I know their point was to kind of do something with this "community" of artists, which is kind of honorable, but this just came out awful. Everytime I look at this CD, I cringe.
Even just from my first impression, the cover art, I knew this was going to be bad. Looks totally thrown together in about 5 minutes, which it probably was.
Then you put the CD in and it sounds like it looks.
Theres only about 2 decent tracks on the whole thing.
Nic Endos "Bells" is a nice ambient, spacey, sci-fi sounding piece. Really nice.
Also, The Dillinger Escape Plan & Nic Endo "43% Burnt Remix" is alright, but not amazing. Its just basically hardcore & noise.
You can tell the DHR guys didnt want to put any effort into this thing. Which is why you see almost none of them on here.
Even the Alec Empire & Matt Pizzolo track "Alleged Accused Repeated Reused" is just Alecs 22:24 with political samples over it, that Im guessing were Matt Pizzolos contribution. Lame. I doubt Alec was even in the country, let alone the room for that one. Either way, the track totally fails. "22:24" is amazing on its own, dont throw crap all over it!
The rest is either weak crappy punky things, overly political soundbytes, or some fairly forgettable hip-hop.
Nothing on here stands out.
Various - Don't F**k With Us - 04-May-07 08:22 PM
The good side was that this 3xCD compilation was priced like a regular single CD album, the bad side was that theres a ton of absolutely crappy tracks on it.
It really couldve been chopped down to one CD full of really good tracks. Dont get me wrong, theres some gems on here, and its totally worth it just for those, but theres way too much filler inbetween them.
Edgeys tracks on here are great, not anything really new-sounding, hes pretty much the Bomb 20 of this compilation. But overall its good, hard, danceable breakcore/gabber. Which I appreciate alot.
One of my favorites is definately Dummy Plug Conspiracys "The New Monsters". Its a very downtempo dubby ambient piece. Its hard to describe because I havent really heard anything else like it. But it stands out in a very good way on this compilation.
And it may sound a little cocky, but Replicant Impulses (my old band) tracks are also pretty good and stand out among the others. Very much in that DHR Limited style. In fact 2 of these Replicant Impulse tracks were actually solo works of mine ("When You Grow Up (Your Heart Dies)" & "...Shall We Continue?"), but I didnt want to complicate things by using a different name.
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