deejsasqui

Member Since: Aug 28, 2003
Rank: 2935
Average Vote Received: Correct (3.92, 142 votes)
Rated 401 releases, average: 3.81
Location: USA, cold concrete bunker
Profile: vague

Information: Even living in the wastelands of the United States, I found electronic music. I got into it in the mid 90s, first hooked on Dorsetshire, The Prodigy and an odd variety of more aggressive sounds, then I found Moonshine's Happy 2b Hardcore (thanks to the packaging) and Scooter. After that, I found Black Dog's album Spanners, and and Coldcut's Let Us Play!. I took it all in, and now I've found my way into drum'n'bass, noise, ambient, and a whole slew of other things. Then I found discogs, and lost track of the days. Yes, electronic music is good.

SinFest is good, too.

Some folk seemed to think I have the sense and time to spend criticizing submissions, so I'm a moderator of both Electronic and Rock, though I'm still in a minor state of flux, and don't mote nearly often enough.

Notes on Wanted Records:
I'm a cheap blighter, so I most likely will ignore your offers. I consider my wantlist more of a reminder of music I like but haven't found yet. My key method of acquiring music is via used bins and some eBaying (it's like speculating in a gold rush .. without the grimy conditions and fears of starvation, but retaining some of that maddened rush for a possibly limited good of unknown value).

If you have an eBay auction : make sure it's something I actually want, and that it's cheap ($3 for a single, $5-7 for an album, more for epic pieces - convert currencies here if you don't know how stingy I am =)

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Discogs users who I bought from:
gumonthepants: bought 1 CDsingle, it was shipped quickly and well-packaged - he's a good chap in my book.

Discogs users I sold to:
John Rocco bought a live CDr from me, was prompt to pay and was quite polite. I approve of this user.

Seller Rating:

100.0% positive (1 rating)

Buyer Rating: 100.0% positive (1 rating)

deejsasqui's groups (14)

Reviews:

Buck 65 - Square - 24-Mar-08 09:35 PM
Though in Buck 65s own review of this album he says that you should "(i)gnore the first five and a half minutes of this record," its a good introduction to "new" sound of Mr. Terfry. Here is his first album that includes human accompaniment on real instruments, and Bucks naturally gruff voice without the trying to sound like someone else.

Its at 5:30 that the track known as "Phil" starts, but weve only begun to delve into part 1 of 4. "Phil" is something of a sad love song, no real sound of hip-hop beats, but something of the old vocal cadence. The song transitions into "noodling" with sound effects and samples. Theres another sad song, some turntablism, more samples and movie clips, and more traditional songs strewn between it all. Some material has been re-worked (or at least new vocals) from various sources, including the nearly non-existent "Boy/Girl Fight" (including one of my favorite tracks on both albums: "Stupid," #6 on BGF.) There are some really well done song transitions, with little interludes changing the theme nicely.

Buck 65 refers to "the decision to construct the album in four extended suites was a romantic gesture, I suppose, but a bit silly." Its an odd structuring, but Ive seen odder. The one thing I do agree with is that the last section is the weakest of the lot, feeling more like filler than a solid section.

DJ Pleasure (2) - In The Dark / The Cube - 22-Mar-08 12:16 PM
There really isnt much to say about this. Maybe Im stuck in the older veins of DnB, but this sounds like repetitive, dark, tekkie stuff. The Cube has some movie samples from the 2007 Transformers movie - "Before time began, there was the cube. But all like great power, some wanted it for good, and some wanted it for evil." But in the end, its dark tekkie filler, in my opinion. Dont get me wrong - there is some great tekkie DnB, but for me, this isnt it.

Girl Talk - 08-Dec-07 09:43 PM
Gregg Gillis makes music that makes you think. Not in the sense that classical music is supposed to make you smarter, but in the sheer speed and fragmentation of his music. He is a purveyor of Plunder-phonics to the highest level, with the utmost craft. The result is music that is catchy and fun, but the whole time youre trying to place the samples and guess what comes next. Unlike Illegal Art label-mate Oh Astro who focuses on a few specific songs to make each new track, Girl Talk makes songs from a dizzying collection of pop music samples. And if you thought his studio music is impressive, you should see him mixing live.

Burial (2) - 06-Dec-07 09:49 PM
Not to be confused with the dubstep artist, this Burial is a mysterious creator of dark lo-fi drone/ambient music. Nothing fantastic, but nothing terrible. Mid-quality drone, with a vaguely industrial edge.

At first I thought this Burial might be trying to ride the coat-tails of the more popular Burial, but there really isnt much in the way of stylistic similarities beyond the general dark tones. Maybe its more of an attempt to get noticed than it is to be a copycat.

Muscles - Guns Babes Lemonade - 31-Oct-07 10:17 PM
Ridiculously poppy, upbeat music with layered vocals (often vocoded) over synths and electro and beats. Sometimes sounding like 80s electro revival, sometimes like something you should hear in a sweaty club full of trendy kids, and sometimes you just have no idea (see: "Ice Cream" - a serious song about fearing people on the train, and ice cream saving the day). And Im still not sure if "My Friend Richard" is referring to Mr. R. D. James, on the only track that starts in a distinctly noisy and glitchy Aphex Twin sort of way, then eight seconds later the standard beat kicks in and gets you bouncing.

I havent listened to these tracks all that long, but Id like to believe these songs will sound fantastic in a few years time. If nothing else, I think theyll keep me smiling and dancing (to ring tones in the street).

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