From spacecake Sent Thu, Apr 30th 1998, 07:04
well, i can't go to sleep so... ...dear brain, oh fuck it- here's some reviews straight-up w/o the bullshit. (all these cds i've liked enough to listen to more than once out of a bunch of good trades that arrived this week) plod/oh boy (demo) those fucking swedes, man... i tell yah, the brits got some serious competition brewing there across the sea... first abba, then ace of base (ha. HA!), then dot, and now plod. think about it, the next wave/phase of idm might(is) come(ing) from there... anyway, the music: great... five tracks of very chilled/laid back autechre (incunabula!!!) vs the dot legions vs BoC melodies and beats (well actually the beats are very autechresque) ...the whole CD has a very 'pure' sound. the melodies are sophisticated/tender/soulful and more developed than BoC's... they just make me feel fuzzy all over and grin like an idiot alright?! (and green w/envy :-) ) 'nuff said. my only complaint: the beats. altho they're well programmed, they sound somewhat anemically mixed... have a lo/fi feel, and kind of lack colors/textures...(?) i listened to this on speakers/stereos and came away with that impression each time... if the beats were mixed with a little more punch, man, then this CD would rank right up there with the BoC... but becasue of that one flaw though, it doesn't quite make it to that level... well, i'm just glad i was lucky enough to get this... and i sincerely hope for plod they make it (inspite of the dumbass idiots who run labels), cause this music deserves a wider audience... 69/sound of music (r&s) (an oldie, but a goodie) man, i was so broke at strange? when i saw this... but i got this with the last of my lunch money anyway 'cause it was just so friggin' good- (now i'll have to leave myself at the mercy of those vampires at the blood bank... sigh.) anyway... basically, this is psyche/BFC on steroids... the beats are more aggressive, but that carl craig feel is all there. when i was previewing this at the store, i couldn't make all the way through the tracks cause i thought i was gonna break down and cry- the tracks *spoke* to me man, you know? but instead i had this big ass smile on my face and couldn't really say anything... just nod and hand over the money... carl craig man, why can't he achieve this level of emotion/soul with *all* the tracks on his albums? anyway, i'd like to thank all those people who recommended this to me, 'cause it delivers. (i got all his albums, psyche/bfc + 69 comps, now, how's paperclip people in comparison to these?) (that pitched string sound on 'desire' bugs the shit out me though) boc/music has the right to children this is the last album i picked up on my way to visiting my parents... ...i didn't even bother listening to it at the store, cause from what i heard on the skampler and here, i knew exactly how it would sound. well, it still mesmerized me... i remeber coming up to my room, laying down, my mind cluttered with the impressions from my trip... and then falling into a trance for 60min or so while this was on... i mean, this thing took me places. and until tonight, i couldn't really find words to describe it... i still (like kent) have to listen to this a few more dozen times before i pronouce it 'brilliant'. but i think, it's excellent... i don't want to over-hype it though, cause i know that with some people (like certain nyu students i know, <ahem!>) it might not click... at least on the first listen. you just have to be in a certain mood... i was just lucky, that i heard it when i did... anyway, this is what you should expect: more sophistication than the tracks on the skampler, hip-hop beats with a autechreish tinge, and melodies... well, melodies that are just distinctly BoC... they're not especially complex or developed, but short, simple and hypnotic... ...and that's just it: beautiful (humorous/warm) simplicity... (okay, now i can shut up about BoC) peeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaace. :spacecake: