| 4.5 superb |
| 1200 Micrograms 1200 Micrograms |
| Andy McKee Art of Motion |
| Arca Mutant |
| ASAP Rocky LONG.LIVE.A$AP |
| Astral Projection Another World |
| Blank Banshee MEGA |
| Blank Banshee Blank Banshee 1 |
| Blue Stahli Blue Stahli |
| Body Count Bloodlust |
| Bring Me The Horizon That's the Spirit |
| Celldweller Celldweller |
| Charlotte Gainsbourg Rest |
| Daft Punk Random Access Memories |
| Daft Punk Human After All |
| Daft Punk Homework |
| Damian Marley Stony Hill |
| DJ Screw 3 'N The Mornin' (Part Two) |
| Eluveitie Evocation I: The Arcane Dominion |
| Eluveitie Helvetios |
| Eskmo Eskmo |
| In 2010, while Dubstep was about to become a really big thing, a lot of artists were still experimenting before it had its mainstream, popular NI Massive sound. Eskmo releases his self-titled album and first popular one the same month Skrillex releases his breakthrough EP. Chillstep doesn't really have a name yet, but this album can be easy considered an "IDM-Chillstep" album. Cloudlight is in no doubt the best song here and also Eskmo's most popular work : it has this high frequence wobble bass, these complex and particular drum sounds, these effects and gentle synth that make the whole piece sound like it's nature trying dubstep (at least that's how I see it). Now it's true the rest of the album is not always as touching as the lead single is, though it has undeniably a personnal sound, the same weird vocals, the same recognizable drums... and it's not always the same thing either, sometimes it can even hardly be described as Dubstep, as it's not the same BPM and structure at all. Talking about structure, the album has some great transition pieces that show Eskmo's ambient side (later to be heard more in Sol).rSo Eskmo isn't Untrue, but it sounds like no other Dubstep album and I think it influenced way more artists than people realize. It's not perfect, but it's beautiful. Everyone interested in Bass Music should listen to it. |
| Etsuka Absent Days Asunder |
| Evil Nine You Can Be Special Too |
| HORSE the band Desperate Living |
| HORSE the band The Mechanical Hand |
| Ibrahim Maalouf Red & Black Light |
| Jay-Z and Linkin Park Collision Course |
| John Williams Star Wars, Episode IV: A New Hope |
| Kavinsky Outrun |
| Kendrick Lamar good kid, m.A.A.d city |
| Kendrick Lamar To Pimp a Butterfly |
| Kendrick Lamar untitled unmastered. |
| Koji Kondo Super Mario Galaxy OST |
| Koji Kondo Super Mario 64 Original Soundtrack |
| Linkin Park Minutes to Midnight |
| Linkin Park Living Things |
| Lorde Pure Heroine |
| Manu Delago Silver Kobalt |
| Hi, this is my first review and I'm French, so please be nice ^-^rNo one plays with hang drums quite like Manu Delago does. In Silver Kobalt, it's not just Hang and nice Folk music. In every single track Delago shows he never lacks of inspiration, and there's always a good idea, always an experiment with the beautiful instrument. Sometimes in a progressive structure, like in Wandering Around or Down to the Summit, sometimes with featuring in a more radio-friendly and pop style, like the single Drumheart which is absolutely beautiful, or the gentle and touching Disgustingly Beautiful... despite its weird title. In the same style, Chemical Reaction is really good, but one of my favourite tracks here is an instrumental one, since it's Plus Minus. Manu Delago can do whatever experiment he wants and fuse whatever genres he wants, it's always gonna be freaking great. At the very least on that album, which may very well be one of the best albums revolving around that unique instrument, that is to say the Hang. |
| Moby Everything Was Beautiful and Nothing Hurt |
| Modestep Evolution Theory |
| Nas Illmatic |
| Pendulum Immersion |
| Phuture Doom Phuture Doom |
| Pink Floyd The Endless River |
| PNL Le Monde Chico |
| Rammstein Reise, Reise |
| Riviere Heal |
| Satomimagae Koko |
| Sevish Rhythm and Xen |
| Sevish Harmony Hacker |
| Sewerslvt Draining Love Story |
| Sewerslvt The World Is Fvcked |
| Shaka Ponk The Geeks and the Jerkin' Socks |
| Skrillex Recess |
| System of a Down Hypnotize |
| System of a Down Mezmerize |
| The Neighbourhood I Love You. |
| Yung Lean Unknown Memory |
| ZHU Generationwhy |
