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Name: Dan the Illuminator Home Page: http://testtone.net Member Since: Sep 14, 2002 Rank: 3077 Average Vote Received: Correct (4.00, 4 votes) Rated 905 releases, average: 4.14 Location: Western Massachusetts, USA Profile: Top artists for the previous week: 
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Morcheeba - What New York Couples Fight About - 25-Jul-08 04:19 PM
I've been listening to Morcheeba for over a decade at this point, and I've always enjoyed their music. It's smooth, groovy trip hop, and makes for delicious ear candy. That said, it's never carried much emotional impact for me. No one's going mistake Morcheeba's sound for the work of Portishead. This song is a notable exception in Morcheeba's catalog in that it's painfully emotive. I first heard it in 2002 on Charango, when its unusual title attracted my attention. The song gripped me right away, and quickly became my favorite, even above the dreamy "Otherwise," and wickedly humorous "Women Lose Weight." The reason for the song's impact is no secret. Kurt Wagner's vocals lend a confessional feeling and somber tone not normally part of the Morcheeba palette. Skye's arrival mid-verse offers a shimering counterpoint to Kurt's lament. The truth is What New York Couples Fight About is really a Kurt Wagner song with Morcheeba guesting, and not the other way 'round.
Various - Ambient Planet Vol. 1 - 16-Jul-07 12:09 PM
Quite a strange release here. Purported to be a DJ mix, it's hardly mixed at all. Each track stands on its own, with only slight crossfading at the end. The track selection is fairly incongruous, and not in a clever, juxtaposed way. I have no idea who DJ High is, but I am thinking he lives up to his name. Furthermore, this is one difficult CD to find. It was released on a small label in Brazil with terrible distribution. All of that said, it really is worth tracking down. There are several exclusive tracks here, and most of them are quite good. Kode IV's "Helios" is catchy accessibly progressive trance thinly disguised as goa. CBL's remix of their own "Silent Running" is possibly the best thing they've ever done. They took the already-excellent original and made it substantially more emotive and compelling. It is worth employing whatever means necessary to get a copy of this disk.
Andreas Krämer & Thomas Pogadl - Lecker Mädche' EP - 04-Apr-07 05:25 AM
I am by no means an expert in German, but "Lecker Mädche" roughly translates to "Licking Girl." It follows then that track B1 contains the spoken sample "Give me head / Until I'm dead" continually looped throughout it. Krämer & Pogadl have visited similar lascivious themes on other records. Schranz is not generally to my taste, but this record is a notable exception. If pitched all the way down, it's mostly mixable with more traditional techno.
Chino (4) - Winding Down / Copantl - 14-May-06 04:01 AM
To those unhip to drum n bass parlance, the terminology of the genre can seem rather odd and obscure. While there isn't a dnb glossary printed on the label of this release, the A-side will clear up at least one junglist definition: it is the embodiment of a "roller." Like many great tracks, it's deceptively simple. The beat is straightforward 2-step made with standard thwack-a drum hits. The build up to the bass drop is well executed but largely textbook. In fact the whole arrangement has very effective tension and release, but it's nothing remotely new. What's brilliant here is the main riff, which has more groove than a ribbed condom. "Winding Down" is a case where the synergy between the different elements makes the whole far more than the sum of its parts. It is a shining example of what drum n bass can be, funky, uplifting, and loaded with energy.
Chris.Su - Sphere EP - 14-Feb-06 04:49 AM
Quite a mixed bag here, really. "Need You Tonight" is not awful, but is ultimately forgettable. "Bad Girls" is one of the most painfully annoying dnb tracks I had the misfortune to hear in 'aught four. "Do you know that bad girls have to listen to this track?" "Futile," on the other hand, is much better. The main bass riff is a bit lacking, but the track overall is a decent-ish piece of creepy neurofunk. The real gem here is the title track, with its claustrophobic menace, uber-tight percussion and well-spaced development, it is top flight neuro. What raises it head and shoulders above the deluge of similar tracks is the clever sample of the breakdown from The Prodigy's "Smack My Bitch Up." Even sped up and slightly filtered, it's very recognizable for those who know. Brilliant.
