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Buyer Rating: 100.0% positive (16 ratings)

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• Minimal

Antti Rannisto - Ääniesineitä - 06-Sep-06 04:05 AM
This is an interesting first release by the finnish musician/sound artist. On first listen, it may seem a little repetitive and sterile, but closer inspection should reward the experienced minimal ear. What Antti does is to strip the clicks and cuts on offer to the basic bare bones, and uses subtle shifts and nuances to variate the music. Track 7 sums up the album perfectly. 7 mins of, what at first appears to be, a repeated phrase. But if you listen attentively, and immmerse yourself totally, it orientates and disorientates at the same time, fascinating sonics. Some may find this too antti-septic, but for all the drone/virtual silence, monotonous, installationist minimalism around at the moment, I find it the perfect antti-dote.

Troubleshooter - Switch-Flicker - 04-Jul-06 05:27 AM

This is the highly anticipated, debut album of Troubleshooter [AKA Rob Holloway] following two very impressive 12” Vinyl Eps for the Modern Love imprint.

The album kicks in with the title track, an atmospheric piece with some nifty, clinical digital sounds. The bass frequency enters at the mid-point, beefing up the track to a bleepy climax. Next up is ‘Nano Technology’ mid paced, glitchy and crunchy, putting me in mind of Funkstorung in the mid–late nineties. It would definitely be suited to the ‘Musik Aus Strom’ stable. Then comes a great acid track ‘Moog Modular Acid – Part 1’ well suited to the dancefloor and wouldn’t look out of place on AFX’s Analord series, a stormer. ‘Compuphonic’ is next, a spaced-out piece, which gives the effect of a large choral backing, with more great digital FX from Mr. Holloway. A funky, crunchy, slow burner ‘Dark/Light energy’ has a beautiful intermittent melody. The next 4 tracks move into more industrial territory, ‘Filter-Shift-sequence’ is atmospheric, with a dis-embodied vocal, and an almost classical style. ‘Robot Climax’ is a short track with some sharp digital stabs, and an increasing tempo to frantic levels, not dissimilar to Autechre. ‘Pyroclastic Flow’ feels quite eerie, steady paced with fractured beats and great keyboard skills. Crunchy, detuned and robotic ‘Chaos Mathematics’ reminds me of the great Richard Devine. Next is ‘Chaotic Intimation’ which contains a bizarre phone message [integrated into the piece so well, it rivals Prefuse 73’s ‘7th Message’] and a simple melody, alongside machine vocals, all moulded, with great effect, into a stunning track. ‘The Afterlife’ is airy and laid-back, with lush synthetic strings and a melody to die for. Both gentle and powerful, it put me in mind of Bola. The album winds up with ‘Churchgoers V2.2’ with synth organ, industrial beats and squashed climax. If church sounded this good we’d all be there.
This album was well worth the wait, a wonderful, sprawling electronic journey, which is definitely worth taking. Magnificent.

Ryoji Ikeda - Matrix - 19-Jun-06 05:30 AM
Sometimes minimal clicks + cuts music veers way towards the arty side, and you are left with an album that is just mind-numbingly dull. The first CD in this set falls into this category. 1hr and 10 tracks of various lengths, consisting of drones of varying frequency and nothing else. It states on the sleeve that you should move around in the listening room to make the music personal to oneself. Well wherever I stood I was still bored to tears. The second CD 0f 30mins is slightly more interesting, with a few clicks and bleeps, but still dull.

Jaco Pastorius - 13-Feb-05 01:49 AM
Probably the greatest electric bass player that ever lived. Alas, he was unfortunetely killed in his 20s following a Santana concert. Check out his work with Weather Report, absolutely jaw-dropping stuff.

Parliament - Funkentelechy Vs. The Placebo Syndrome - 20-Jan-03 07:05 AM
Flashlight is one of the best pure funk tracks ever recorded, by the greatest funk band of all time.