From - Sent Sat, May 23rd 1998, 02:47
From - Sent Sat, May 23rd 1998, 02:47
Sluts'n'strings & 909: Carrera Cheap Records: CD Cheap Three 1997 All tracks written and produced by p. pulsinger and e. tenakean. This is a great and possibly overlooked CD, judging by the date of '97. Electro, techno, and trip hop are in full effect and all mixed up. Not retro electro so much as electro updated. Each song has a quirky almost-MoM feel, but there's also this nagging beat and melody. Extremely conducive to toe-tapping...to put it mildly. Lot's of beeps, bleeps and gurgling. A spoken male vocal, a robotesque chorus here and there, some jazzy bits and a nice use of samples really keep it interesting. I'm trying to come up with a comparison, but that is very difficult. Part Coldcut, part DMX Crew, part Richard Kirk. How's that! This CD is unique. I have some of Pulsinger's other work which is decidedly more experimental and hard; this I like better. ... and I give this one 95/100. Have a great weekend! Jim "Without music life would be a mistake." -- Friedrich Nietzsche--