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| 3.5 great | Bedex | December 2nd 20 |
I feel a bit disappointed to rate this below the 4.0 bar because its beginning really got me excited. This is a kaleidoscopic patchwork of a crazy depth of elements and influences - from sitars to jazzy polyrhythms, to noisy psych aesthetic, with 80s synths, distorted guitars - laid atop a background of Culpratey IDMey psychedelic electronica with the occasional Amen break, and with an overarching dreamy, ever-changing vibe with no chorus-verse structure whatsoever which reminded me of jazz fusion epics. And in the first 3-4 tracks this is done brilliantly well. But then the album goes through a relatively long calmer spell with fewer drums, and while it's cool and atmopsheric it's not as compelling. The craziness gets a bit much and you're missing the constant drum changes a bit. 6 is cool though as it shows how weird this album gets (tribal drums + distorted flutes + a house beat + synths??). At the end of the super drugged 8, the DnB vibes come back - which is cool here, but a trope that will be overused in the rest of the album. There is also a lot of fatigue with all these synths and arpeggios and things, and I feel like the calmer 13 and 14 should have happened much earlier in the album. The tracks are probably great individually, but in the context of the album passed the mid album it gets a bit too much too often. 3.7
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| 4.5 superb | ljubinkozivkovic | July 28th 17 |
An excellent, refreshing IDM album, showing what "intelligent dance music" should sound like.
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