Seefeel - Quique
It seems that this one is an ambient techno album, so I guess I'm expecting something similar to Selected Ambient Works Vol.1. Besides that I'm going into this blind.
(Also I'm not writing the track name anymore)
Track 1
Nice glistening synths to open the song, and I like the tribal percussion laying down the beat. Nice bassline and vocoder(?) vocals working their way into the song's framework. Sort of just repeating the same phrase over and over, which isn't inherently a bad thing, the problem is this isn't the most interesting loop I've ever heard.
Track 2
Okay this is a little better, loving the texture on that synth. I'm guessing that's a trumpet in the back? Honestly my initial problem still remains, these tracks aren't really moving at all and the loops I'm stuck with leave me sort of unsatisfied. What I love about the Aphex album is that he creates something magical with only minimal loops, this doesn't do that for me. Yeah kinda boring.
Track 3
Why is every single track here like 6 or 7 minutes? They each hold enough interesting ideas for may,be a 2 or 3 minute song, but they just keep going on and on and on. Also why is it the same exact sounds every single song? Same bass tones, same percussion tones, same 3 or 4 synths. Honestly I have nothing to say about the track itself, just read my description of the other two. Funny thing is I ranted, but this is actually the most hypnotic song yet and I kinda like it. Maybe I spoke too soon.
Track 4
Minimal and completely beatless. ****ing bliss, this is my favorite so far.
Track 5
This isn't bad, kinda repetitive, not as excruciatingly boring as the first two track, but not as good as the last two tracks. Again not too much to say about the tracks themselves.
Track 6
I like the timbre on the drums, besides that this one is a little boring. Way too long, way too little happening.
Track 7
Loved the whole minimal electronic intro. There's something so dreamy about the synth being used here, it's almost vaporwave levels of comfort to me.
Track 8
This is nice, reminds me of a track from Demon Days actually called Don't Get Lost In Heaven; they both have this ambient pseudo-dub thing going on that I don't really see a lot. It also sort of reminds me of a much less experimental cLOUDDEAD with dub influence.
Track 9
Purely ambient outro? I'm down.
Final Verdict: I like this a lot actually, it started off rough but I ended up enjoying it. Honestly my favorite parts were the purely ambient songs and my least favorite were some of the "techno" tracks.
7/10