From Tom Millar Sent Tue, Mar 23rd 1999, 01:17
From Tom Millar Sent Tue, Mar 23rd 1999, 01:17
C Twomey wrote: > no forward development? They haven't released a tech-step track until now - > that certainly marks a change. And the hard funk bass line of "Dubstar" is > new to their style. I especially like the orchestral sounds they sample, > in "Capital D" and "Call & Response" and the new one "Technical Warfare." > And doesn't "Love & Hate" make you smile when they mix soft pads with old > skool hoover sounds? I sort of liked Dubstar the first time I listened to it, but I wasn't really paying much attention. When I tried to actively listen to the album later, I just got fed up with the way everything took at least five minutes to develop into anything interesting. If you're going to make epics, don't start so small and repeat so often that it takes half the track just to get started. 'Capital D' and 'Call & Response' are the two best tracks on there, and they were on the "Controlled Developments" EP they released nearly 2 years ago. 'Love & Hate' was decent but not memorable enough to merit throwing down the $16 I paid for this thing. Mediocre. I agree with Mark: techstep by numbers to me.