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Machine · 02-19-2016, 01:06 PM

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Originally Posted by grindy

Hope you don't mind me recing another one then.
ZGA - Kinderalbum
https://www.discogs.com/de/%D0%97%D0...release/925158
You can download it for free here: ZGA: Kinderalbum

Completely fine by me, I'll download it in a minute.

**Frownland** · 02-19-2016, 01:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Machine

Gaspar Claus review coming sometime today. Sorry for the wait on this thread, I've been increasingly lazy as of late.

EDIT: I have already heard that Fire! Orchestra album, so if you want to change your rec Frown that's cool with me.

How about another Gustafsson product?

The Thing - Bag It!

Machine · 02-19-2016, 01:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Frownland

How about another Gustafsson product?

The Thing - Bag It!

Sure sure, just added it to my Google Play.

Ol’ Qwerty Bastard · 02-19-2016, 01:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Machine

You can basically rec me anything I don't have too many preferences. And very sorry, but I heard that a while ago, great ****in album though.

Yeah it's one of my favorite releases so far this year.

Let's go with Movies for the Blind by Cage then, providing you haven't heard that too.

Machine · 02-19-2016, 01:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Qwertyy

Yeah it's one of my favorite releases so far this year.

Let's go with Movies for the Blind by Cage then, providing you haven't heard that too.

Never heard that before, so that sounds good to me.

Machine · 02-21-2016, 12:02 PM

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

**Goofle** · 02-21-2016, 12:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Machine

K-Dot-O-Dot- Trap Jesus Tape 1

1) Trap Jesus (1:56)
Yeah liking the beat. Damn good wordplay too, almost sounds like a more inside the beat DOOM. Those internal rhymes though.

2) Pink Flamingo (1:57)
Right into the next song. Seriously the wordplay is great on this; braggadocious and silly.

3) Trap Verse (1:39)
Do all of these flow together than? If so this feels like one song that just keeps going through different changes. I was actually expecting a trap album of some kind, but the beats are all fairly bound to boom-bap so far.

4) West End Kids (2:03)
Flows for ****ing days. I'm loving the hooks too; really catchy. D-d-d-d-d-d-d did I stutter mother****er?!

5) The Sticks (1:28)
"Bitch suck a dick like a vampire" this album is ****ing insane.

6) Trill (1:45)
The beats rule. Good mixture of jazz and a blaxpoitation soundtrack, and when you put that to these insane lyrics it shouldn't work, but it does.

7) Big Love (2:02)
Gospel influenced beat this time. Is this song about polygamy? No, it definately is.

8) Bench Press (1:39)
This one feels a bit more like a rehash at this point in the album a little samey. Not really a problem seeing the songs are so short, but still notable.

9) Freestyle (1:44)
Sex and sex and more sex with some cociane.

10) Granpa Gestapo (1:42)
Love beats like this, rap songs based around piano always makes me happy. I liked this one a lot funny ****.

11) Miami (2:43)
Ha! Loved that little Today Was A Good Day reference there. The guy featured 9th Uno actually sounds like one of the guys featured on Operation: Doomsday quite a lot.

12) All of the Above (2:07)
This is my favorite song from this. The beat, the lyrics, just everything is absolutely perfect on this one. I even love the little sample at the end.

Final Verdict: While there were a few hiccups in my eyes, in the end it was a fun listen there were even sings I can see myself having on repeat *cough*All of the Above*cough*. Funny lyrics, great wordplay, and a total mastery of great boom-bap beats.

8/10

Just seen this. Glad you liked it. I have it as a perfect 10, despite similar gripes at times.

Machine · 02-22-2016, 07:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Goofle

Just seen this. Glad you liked it. I have it as a perfect 10, despite similar gripes at times.

I haven't listened to that in a while, but I thought it was a great little project. Very fun and over the top in a good way.

Bag It!

Free jazz? Jazz? I don't ****ing know what this is, but we'll see.

Track 1
Dirty sax taking the intro there, great tone. This almost feels closer to noise rock a la White Suns than straight up free jazz, grimy bass guitar under some intense percussion and sax performances. Loving this so far.

Track 2
Again this is much more "rock" sounding than I thought it would be. Killer riff and great energetic drumming that has a lot in common with hardcore punk drumming. Give me more of that guitar feedback please. Thank you. Total breakdown of noise and feedback right in middle that I definitely dig.

Track 3
Chill sax duet to start off this one, and some atmospheric drumming being laid down in the back. Down to just the drums now. It makes me feel like I'm in the basement of some sort of industrial complex, with chains rattling, steam coming out from the pipes, so on and so forth. Alright getting back to the full band again. Great playing and improv from everyone in the band. Nice song all around, only complaint is that the drumming section didn't stay for a little longer.

Track 4
Chaos. It almost sounds like someone is playing improv with only Windows 98 computer sounds. This isn't really doing it for me at all, no real dynamics just all out all the time, which I get can be fun to perform or even see live, but it doesn't translate to the studio for me.

Track 5
Now this I can get behind, more tasty atmospheric drumming accompanied by some sort of rumbling drone behind it. Not too much more to say about this, some occasional sax playing here and there, but besides that this is basically a mixture of free jazz rhythm section and drone. Okay I lied a lot more sax on the back half of the song. That was fun, not my favorite so far, but not bad by any means.

Track 6
Another short chaotic track. This one is a bit more subtle than the last, so that's cool; however, it's still boring, it just sounds like what you expect when you here someone say free jazz and not really doing much with it. Yep just bored with this one, luckily it's real short.

Track 7
Alright last track. Some minimal sax playing and not much else. I love the timbre the sax is getting though, reminds me of some techniques used in new complexity composition. The sax is coming into more of a "tune" at this point, some odd synths and percussion in the background. Very Set Fire To Flames styled. I LOVE this one.

Final Verdict: As the album went on the more experimental it got, in theory that sounds great, the problem was some of these tracks didn't translate to a studio environment as well as seeing it would have come across. However, there were some amazing tracks scattered throughout which made up for some of the pitfalls.

7/10

**Frownland** · 02-22-2016, 08:03 PM

Glad you liked it mate, that's too fun of a record to hate imo (well, if you have taste, that is). The drummer is Paal Nilssen-Love and he is a goddamn monster. He's right up there with Rashied Ali, John "Drumbo" French, and Han Bennink for me, and a pretty big influence on my own drumming style.

Machine · 02-24-2016, 07:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Frownland

Glad you liked it mate, that's too fun of a record to hate imo (well, if you have taste, that is). The drummer is Paal Nilssen-Love and he is a goddamn monster. He's right up there with Rashied Ali, John "Drumbo" French, and Han Bennink for me, and a pretty big influence on my own drumming style.

This is amazing, love his technique.

Also the next review may not be up for a few days because of homework and other stuff I have to deal with. Either Friday if I have time or sometime Saturday the next review will be up.

02-21-2016, 12:02 PM	#216 (permalink)
Machine moon lake inc. Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Detroit Posts: 2,125	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 __________________ boost my ego listen to me stroke my delay pedal ever wanted to hear death grips songs... but they're acoustic? me neither.

02-22-2016, 08:03 PM	#219 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	Glad you liked it mate, that's too fun of a record to hate imo (well, if you have taste, that is). The drummer is Paal Nilssen-Love and he is a goddamn monster. He's right up there with Rashied Ali, John "Drumbo" French, and Han Bennink for me, and a pretty big influence on my own drumming style. __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x