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robertsona
Staff Reviewer
August 23rd 2023


27552 Comments


I kind of thought I listened to this and didn’t like it that much but the first track is already at least pretty cool so maybe not

robertsona
Staff Reviewer
August 23rd 2023


27552 Comments


Ah no yea this isn’t that interesting to me and I did listen to it and not like it that much

That said

🫡

Ryus
August 23rd 2023


37085 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

sad

JohnnyoftheWell
Staff Reviewer
August 23rd 2023


60658 Comments

Album Rating: 4.2

significant L vibe

WRYN
August 23rd 2023


257 Comments


It's ok, but rather formulaic and in parts cheesy with sample choices.

Ryus
August 23rd 2023


37085 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

neither of those are words i'd use to describe this at all

robertsona
Staff Reviewer
August 23rd 2023


27552 Comments


Yeah it feels too Jon Hopkins-fied for me

Ryus
August 23rd 2023


37085 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

damn thats something else i would never use to describe this, they sound totally different and occupy totally different spaces within electronic

WRYN
August 23rd 2023


257 Comments


Well, I don't see any other fitting description for the vocal snippets on "Breathing Method" and "Testo BC Mashup". Overall too reliant on the conceptualized loops for me, I also didn't like the inclusion of Amen Breaks. But to each their own, fans of this would probably love Download's "Lingam".

Ryus
August 23rd 2023


37085 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

now im getting even more confused because i listened to the first track from that and did not enjoy it at all



cant say i see the similarities



thx for the rec tho

ReefaJones
August 23rd 2023


3668 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Jon Hopkins is a really bad comparison. If anything his style is inspired by LTJ Bukem, Big Bud, Makoto etc.

Ryus
August 23rd 2023


37085 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

i can see bukem in the more atmospheric breaks-y stuff going on here, yeah. obv theres a lot of diversity so its kind of hard to pinpoint just one influence but i think a lot of ilian tape's stuff is pretty unique

JohnnyoftheWell
Staff Reviewer
August 23rd 2023


60658 Comments

Album Rating: 4.2

Don't hear any Hopkins at all in this and am largely grateful. Very different approaches, sounds and ears for melody

WRYN
August 23rd 2023


257 Comments


@Ryus

They're similar in the sense of hard hitting beats meeting deep spacey synths, which is basically the stand-out feauture of this release. Probably a good idea to listen to more than one track.

Ryus
August 23rd 2023


37085 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

i guess i can see that...

i listened to the second and third tracks too and yeah this is not my thing at all genre-wise

Ryus
August 23rd 2023


37085 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

kinda funny cuz to me that sounds waaaay more cheesy than this

WRYN
August 23rd 2023


257 Comments


It's both still IDM, though. Other than that it depends on what you're looking for. For "dark" and technical Dnb esque stuff guys like Spor, Apex and Receptor are quite on a different level altogether.

Ryus
August 23rd 2023


37085 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

not to quibble about genres too much but i wouldnt rly even call this IDM, but if you would call it that, then it's clearly far more inspired by breakbeat/techno/ambient/dnb. that download album seems to draw from industrial/acid/trance

Ryus
August 23rd 2023


37085 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

regardless i tend not to like most things under the idm umbrella, this is an exception (if you even want to put it under that umbrella)

ReefaJones
August 23rd 2023


3668 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Check out Believe in My Soul by Makoto Ryus. It's a lot more straightforward in the sense that it's dnb all the way through but the vibes are just as lush and cozy as in this. YOu might dig it



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