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| 2.5 average | zaruyache | February 1st 17 |
While the second track is fine for ambient drone and the first track features Basinski's classic (and honestly well-done this time) melancholic tape loop shtick, "For David Robert Jones" suffers because of the inclusion of a repeated saxophone line early into the track. While the inclusion of a sax into Basinski's usually tape-only style is interesting for the artist, it makes the track utterly unlistenable as an ambient/drone piece; the end of the sax loop is marked by one long note/chord (whatever) which sounds very out-of-tune and goes completely against the atmosphere of the rest of the track. There's this melancholic ambient piece wavering in and out, a saxophone playing atmospherically (or trying to) overtop, and then all of a sudden a screechy "merrrrrrrp" comes out of nowhere and ruins the drone. While the rest of the song is actually another great example of Basinski's style working correctly, that saxophone completely ruins it every time it loops back around. This is really a shame, too, not only because it makes the track grating on the ears, but because "A Shadow in Time" is a fairly good song on its own, but is now marred by its partner. If you could get rid of that stupid sax--or at least the ending note--this could've been a great release. :|
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| 3.4 great | Erwann S. EMERITUS | August 8th 23 |
It's Basinski: floating loops of tape muzak that repeat and repeat and repeat and I can't apparently have enough? Not his best loops though (and what d'yall have with that sax it's perfectly fine)
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| 0.0 | altertide0 | May 14th 17 |
that long saxophone note is an emotional highlight my friend
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| 3.5 great | sevEn | August 23rd 24 |
| 3.5 great | hel9000 | September 22nd 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | P0laris | June 19th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | Living | January 6th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | Torger | November 29th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | KevinMM | March 17th 19 |
| 3.5 great | evolve9 | November 12th 18 |
| 3.5 great | Luisito | September 13th 18 |
| 3.5 great | Wolfe | March 21st 18 |
| 3.5 great | Gueero | February 17th 18 |
| 4.5 superb | natey | January 29th 18 |
| 3.0 good | Sunnyvale EMERITUS | December 11th 17 |
| 3.5 great | Anarres | September 22nd 17 |
| 3.5 great | Brandon | September 9th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Snuron | August 27th 17 |
| 2.5 average | aiioli | August 4th 17 |
| 3.0 good | Jade | June 1st 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | gnombyX | March 12th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | p4p | February 25th 17 |
| 2.5 average | YakNips | February 24th 17 |
| 3.5 great | ckssr1 | February 20th 17 |
| 5.0 classic | Tobmast | February 6th 17 |
| 3.5 great | Greem | February 6th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Yotimi | February 3rd 17 |
| 3.5 great | helti | January 28th 17 |
| 3.5 great | TwigTW | January 21st 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Eames | January 20th 17 |
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