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Reviews & Discussion:
MAT101 - Goodbye Mum!
Dec 14, 2001
Quirky electro with space-invaders style arcade-game sounds, and childlike diddling melodies.
In Zilof drums splutter periodically over fast electro beats, while kraftwerk voices utter causally unconnected words, phrases, or just letters, impersonating Max Headroom. English sounds a bit like a New Romantics tune, with a vocal sample that reminds me of Ultravox, still with computer game feel and a square-wave distorted bass. Goblin 101 is even more 80's with whole verses of cynical-voiced singing.
Q-Moog - The Arc Of Blueness
Dec 14, 2001
A not particularly original ambient house/techno record. All my love is a predictable but pleasant mid-90's ambient house style tune, until that terrible piano riff comes in. Angela at least stands out for it's haunting, somewhat androgynous singing (whole verses, not jsut a sample) and edgy strings , giving a nervous tone, although the repetitive breakbeat rhythm gets a bit boring. Also quirky is the electro-p-funk "swingin'". | ||||
B-side is similar, less smoothly flowing rhythms and bass, more distracted.
Both tunes sound good played at 33rpm for that spooky effect.