(idm) review : max tundra ep

From grav
Sent Thu, Mar 12th 1998, 04:58

with the complaints about low content and too much forsale (i am guilty
of that) here is something to read before you go to bed (if that's after
midnight est) ;) :

Max Tundra
1. Children At Play 12.55.
2. Clive's Folly 12.11.
WAP101CD

1. starts out with a funky guitar loop with various effects and then an
awesome effect that this cd does a few times for transitions: it begins
to fake skip on a part of a loop and then turns that skipping into a
completely different type of song... after changing, becomes a
alternating distorted/undistorted breakbeat stuff with funky bass and
guitar stuff.. very energetic. people compared this to squarepusher
before and i slightly agree this time..the breakbeat isn't quite as crazy
as his usually is, but it sometimes is, and the funk is there.. excellent
production.. the track gains momentum nicely.. after a bit we have the
guitar loop singled out and an annoying but bearable lead comes in
vibratoing and all that only for about 10-20 seconds..
again they make a new section of the song by retrigging parts of the beat
very quickly.. when i saw 2 tracks at 12 mins i thought they may be
boring, using the same beat & notes and all that over and over, but this
is greatly varied.. many ideas in one song. anyway, after some chaotic
stuff then we finish with some more retrigging drums and then some
peaceful synth stuff takes over at the end of the track.

2. cool fast drum loop with some electro/bleepy bits in it.. just a bit
of distortion.. makes me think of maybe autechre or older muziq but a bit
faster than usual.. they are varying it subtly, nicely.. this track
changes ideas and structure over the course of it too.. weird electro-ish
and after a few minutes it has become 4/4 and then they incorporate some
breakbeats and then around 6 mins slower electronic bleepy stuff.. then
turns into slow funky stuff around 7.5 mins.. picks back up with some
crazy distorted, flanged breakbeat stuff after a bit.. 

definitely recommend. not if you like very structured songs tho because
these go all over the place, but smoothly, and don't necessarily ever
come back to where they were.. a very cool exploration.

c.g ..
an annoying message will probably follow.  stupid program

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