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Sight Below, The - Glider (Bonus Track Edition) (CD+Download) - 29-Apr-09 08:36 AM
Everyone has their favorite records, each one tingling a different emotion for different moods. But even when I think I have all the records I need, one to fit every emotion, ive still searched endlessly for the culmination of everything I love in music. Finally, with The Sight Belows Glider, I have found what Im looking for. Every track grabs my heart, rips it out, dresses it up a bit and puts it back in before I can blink. Amazing, amazing, amazing ambient techno. If you are a fan of music, try this out.
Fluxion - Vibrant Forms II - 09-Apr-09 09:21 AM
When asked what dub techno means to me, this release immediately comes to mind. I cant think of a single other release that represents the style as well as this one. Mr. Soublis has an ear like no other for deep sounds, and the repetition is hypnotizing in every essence of the word. Youll find beatless ambience (Aviation, Subliminal Tone), and head-bobbing subliminal gems (Outerside, Prospect II). But I find the climax of this record to be Bipolar Defect, a track that inspires the most vivid closed-eye imagery i have ever dug from the truncheons of my head. In my current state, I can tell my review does this record zero justice whatsoever, but trust me when I tell you that within minutes of listening you will be lulled into a world of frozen, evocative, infinite splendor. Youll transcend time and space without leaving your bed.
B12 - Electro-Soma - 26-Feb-08 02:08 PM
Contrary to the above review, I do not find anything about this release to be similar to Aphex Twin or the Black Dog. Aphex Twin and the Black Dog were consistently groundbreaking, fresh, and intelligent. This release contains none of those qualities. Like the top review, I agree that this is none other than a slightly more innovative take on the very exhausted acid house outline and foundation set before it. Starting with the percussion, the frequent use of the 909 is cliche, untreated/expanded, very plain, and just quite unoriginal. A 4/4 kick with repeated sequences of the 909 trademark open hat and hand claps is pretty much the most of what youll find here, percussion-wise. Moving to the synths/pads, the sounds used arent manipulated much further than the default sounds that came with the various synthesizers they used, which is the least of what a producer whos output is considered "idm" should be doing. The textures and melodies used arent evocative in the slightest bit, and they seem to lack originality as well. If you like boring ambient house check this one out, im sure you wont be dissapointed.
A Guy Called Gerald - Voodoo Ray - 05-Nov-07 08:24 AM
I dont see how anyone could enjoy this. I like acid house, and I can understand that this was made when technology was outdated, but come on! This tune sucks! There is nothing interesting about it. The acid lines are boring and monotonous, and the sound effects are too loud and give me a headache. It sounds too unoriginal, there is no hook and there is nothing that separates this from other tunes of the time.
Angello & Ingrosso* - Yeah - 21-Sep-07 09:13 AM
Normally I wouldnt go anywhere near an Angello or Ingrosso release, but this banger is far different from the utter trash that these guys seem to be cranking out these days. Theres alot a piano can do, and the repeating riff in this track works with the tribal rhythm and thumping beat that escalates higher and higher after the breakdown almost like a modern trance track. With this structure the track can acutally work in most trance sets. Most trance djs nowadays have been incorperating shitty house tracks into their mixes, so If you are a dj try and be selective and throw in a track like this once in a while.
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