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Name: Brett
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I mostly listen to IDM, Ambient, Dub Techno, Drum n Bass, and Dubstep.


Buyer Rating: 100.0% positive (2 ratings)

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Hallucinator - Landlocked - 24-Dec-08 02:19 AM
Here we have another superb album on Chain Reaction, with Hallucinators "Landlocked", comprising of some of the brightest and darkest moments on the label.

"People" starts off the disc with a melodic, percussive sound that could be compared to The Detroit Escalator Companys material. A similar approach is heard on "Red Angel", "Phebes" and "Dusk", with nice warm ambient sounds and bass.

The Techno tracks "Black Angel" and "Goldcoast" avoid the standard Dub Techno cords and offer a considerably darker counterpoint to the other tracks so far.

"Sethos" and "Moonshot" go for dubwise rhythm and bass, and would have to be among the best tracks on the album.

"Wipeout" and "Recall (Wipeout II)" head into subterranean realms of menacing ambience, before "Rocket" brings back the lush soundscapes along with a raw bassline. "Hallucinator" ends the album with pulsing bass and industrial machine-like sounds working away in the background.

Surely one of Chain Reactions finest and most unique albums.

Vladislav Delay - Multila - 24-Dec-08 01:46 AM
Now this is surely one of the most abstract albums on the legendary Chain Reaction label. Vladislav Delays "Multila" is another aquatic sounding epic, much like Porter Ricks "Biokinetics", except this heads even further into the murky depths.

"Ranta" begins our journey, and sets the tone for the rest of the album with a heady mix of murky sounscapes and complex background noises. "Raamat" adds 4/4 beats along with ghostly synths, humming background noise and echoing sounds rising to the surface like bubbles. "Huone", clocking in at just over 20 minutes, starts with an abstract broken beat rhythm, gradually adding elements to form a complex minimal techno/house track that should appeal to fans of early Luomo material.

"Viite", "Karha" and "Pietola" are even better, the beats and bass gradually emerging from complex constructions of sound that descriptions just wouldnt do justice to. "Nesso" ends our journey with a floaty feel, giving the listener the impression of rising to the surface from the oceanic depths of the previous tracks. Now also available On Vladislav Delays Huume Recordings, theres no excuse not to own this amazing work.

Legiac - Mings Feaner - 30-Jun-07 03:38 AM
Yet another album from Don & Roel Funcken, this time teaming up with Cor Bolten who released an album with the Funcken brothers under the moniker of Dif:use. Here we have "Mings Feaner", their first release as Legiac. Anyone familiar with Funckarma and Quench will be at home right from the start. Their trademark broken beats, rhythms and melodies are still here, but with a darker, more eerie approach that is particularly apparent on the beatless tracks. Its still recognizable as a Sending Orbs release, but not as much so as it was on previous releases on the label. The tracks vary from warm electronica to weird ambient, although I think the ambient sounds were more engaging on the Dif:use "Febrile" CD, and the IDM style done better on "Elaztiq Bourbon 5", also on Sending Orbs. "Tretz Dizm" and "Vega Orbid" are among my favourite tracks, although some of the ambient ones like "Opaque" are rather dull and dont quite fit the rest of the album.

The artwork by Jeroen Advocaat is once again outstanding. The metal orb on the cover is taken apart layer by layer, revealing an almost creepy looking skeletal interior.

Overall, this is a good album marred by some dull tracks and the fact that there are no real surprises.

Pub - Sekatuo Ton - 23-Apr-07 10:33 AM
Pubs releases of late seem to be getting more and more minimal, a far cry from his gorgeous work on "Do You Ever Regret Pantomime?" and the deep and dubby sounds of ">Single". On "Sekatuo Ton" (a slightly different version of his highly limited 4xCDr album on Talent Hoover), Pub takes it down even further, with the first two tracks "Magda Tunnel I" and "Magda Tunnel II" being appropriately named with their dark subterranean ambience, but are completely devoid of any of the classic Pub melodies. Sadly, most of the tracks are in this vain, and some of the them feature field recordings of people talking by the beach, but if you wanted to hear that you could just go to the beach and hear it for free! Towards the end of the album, the mood brightens and youre left with a selection of short guitar based tracks, the likes of which Ive never heard from Pub before, but ultimately are nothing special. The only tracks that sound like you would expect Pub to sound are "Waiting For The Sun", and "Crush", with the latter being the only track I really like. I think Pub did the minimal ambient stuff better on "Liltmor" and the live disc on "Do You Ever Regret Pantomime?", which just makes my feeling of disappointment greater because the potential for another great Pub album has been missed by a mile.

Kettel - My Dogan - 04-Sep-06 06:27 AM
"My Dogan" is Kettels second album for the always stunning Sending Orbs label. Whereas "Volleyed Iron" focussed on Ambient sounds only, and "Through Friendly Waters" was IDM/Downtempo, "My Dogan" combines both styles and is all the better for it. There are no filler tracks here, and all of them have extremely beautiful melodies. Some tracks even have acid in them, which makes them even more appealing. The last two tracks "Choo Choo India" and "Hes His Own Man" finish off the album in a truely gorgeous fashion, Ambient tracks that are as good as if not better than anything on "Volleyed Iron". Overall this is one of the best albums Ive heard this year, and if Sending Orbs can keep coming up with releases as good as this, they will be unstoppable!!!

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