From Michael Upton Sent Sun, Nov 29th 1998, 04:25
From Michael Upton Sent Sun, Nov 29th 1998, 04:25
'Casual Bodies' - Klute I first heard Klute via their Lexis remix, on the flip-side of a 12" from Autechre's. He definitely rights out and out drum n bass, so if you like your breakbeats noodly and un-dancefloor, this may not be the one for you. At the time I remember being underwhelmed by his effort, possibly for the above reasons, but the album is really getting a hold on me. The drum sounds are crisp, the rhythms strike a good balance between a solid groove and some attention-grabbing moments, there's a great sense of dynamics, and, well, the atmospherics do exactly what they should. The album didn't floor me first listen, but I would definitely recommend it. I would suggest people into Arcon/Oil check this out straight away. Actually, who is Tom Withers (ie. does he record under other names)? 'tddr' - To Rococo Rot + D In case I got the name wrong, I'm thinking of the one that people just raved about on here over the past couple of days. Yeah, it's fantastic. It's got me really excited, possibly more than any other release this year has initially. They're supposed to be thrown in the 'post-rock' basket, but they're a lot more typical IDM (well, filtered bleeps, some 909 drum sounds, only one small passage that sounds like guitars). I'm really attracted to their sound: there is a lot of warmth and lushness, and some clear deep synth bass tones, but tempered with a lot of surface noise and good concrete percussive sounds. In some respects it reminds me of Arovane and Pole, but only in terms of production/arrangement. Michael ____________________________________________ "Also, he has automatic evasion devices" http://www.vuw.ac.nz/~michael/jj.html