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Basic Channel - BCD-2 - 02-Nov-08 05:54 AM
After almost crashing twice while listening to this in my car, I have realized that Oswald and Ernestus have created a work that is almost TOO engaging. While I was driving I kept feeling the music's hypnotic 4/4 pull, and before I knew it my tires were screeching as I braked frantically to not hit the car in front of me. I find this work even more interesting (and dangerous!) than the original BCD - it is more accessible, more aggressive, and more danceable. With BCD and BCD2, Basic Channel have cemented their place as the kings and fathers of dub techno - always imitated, never equaled.
o9 - Symbol Sickness - 17-Jul-08 07:39 PM
Man, it's such a shame this was never released. o9 here again shows his incredible programming skills, starting off the EP with a take on squarepusher's jazz and bass - except it's better than even some of the finest moments of Hard Normal Daddy. the next song is a fuzzed-out, volume to the max drum and bass with lots of spacey ambience and copped up amens. The final two tracks are a lot more ambient and atmospheric, but they aren't as engaging as the first two. Excellent work, this guy is a genius...
Autechre - Anvil Vapre - 16-Jan-08 01:29 PM
Something, some kind of machine, more vast than oceans, advancing slowly towards you but moving at two speeds simultaneously... you hear it in the distance first, the fast, repetitive rhythm of its tiny parts clicking perfectly on time, its cold, metallic sirens calling you and drawing you closer, then it takes its first step. the tiny parts keep spinning as the machine steps in a hypnotic, uneasy, yet still robotic rhythm. More distant warning signals join the collage as it draws closer... you grow more and more unsteady as the massive object comes too close for comfort. But faster than it took to arrive, it leaves, leaving you in a hazy wash of gray metallic reverb...
At least that's what I see when I listen to "Second Peng." My favorite autechre song and release, I think.
Sublight Records - 13-Jul-07 12:30 PM
Sublight Records is an insult to IDM fans worldwide. Nothing (and by that I mean close to nothing) about this label is forward-thinking at all. I can't believe this label gets away with pressing 30-minute half-assed so-called "Mini-Albums" that they still sell for $17. And the album liner notes are always a single sheet of paper to boot. I think I've bought four Sublight Releases, three of which I wouldn't mind getting my money back for, especially The Flashbulb - Flexing Habitual and Datach'i - The Elements. I've listened to a lot more, though, and I can say that most of this stuff is rehashed or already too old.
Please don't support this label. It lets artists get away with 30 minute pieces of crap that wouldn't be passable by most respected labels' standards.
Proem - You Shall Have Ever Been - 16-Jun-07 02:24 PM
Maybe the problem I have with Proem is that most of what I've listened to of his work is forgettable. It's beautiful in places, sure, but every time I listen to this CD I fell like it doesn't really grab my attention. I'll try to pay attention to it, but soon I'll drift off and come back to the music several minutes later. This is especially true with the last half of the first CD. The second CD, the live set, is a bit better, but it still fails to capture my attention.
I'm not saying I could make better music, though.
