New Electronic Muzak reviewed: 10/12
It's been awhile, but I finally got a free weekend to add some good electronic in the booth. Running the gamut here from dub/reggae, rock-based, dance, and industrial electronic music. Enjoy!DATE: 9/20/07
ARTIST: Fat Freddy’s Drop
TITLE: Based on a True Story
GENRE: Reggae/Electronic
GRADE: B+
REVIEW: Feddy’s fuse skanking urban Pacific roots, soul, dub, jazz and electronica into hypnotic and thunderous grooves. Most tracks have a slow start and give a reggae/dub vibe.
RECOMMENDED TRACKS:
2 – reggae flavor
4 – chilled soulful groove
7 – more poppy and party
FCC: clean
REVIEWER: Markus Lowe
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DATE: 10/11/07
ARTIST: Marsmobil
TITLE: Minx
LABEL: G-Stone
GENRE: Electronic/Alt
GRADE: A
REVIEW: Inspired by the trashy analog sound aesthetics of the 60’s and 70’s, Marsmobil merges Retro and Future, Space-Pop and Burt Barcarach-like orchestrations.
RECOMMENDED TRACKS:
1 – floaty & psychedelic w/bluesy riffs
3 – haunting minimalist trip-hop flavor
4 – bossa chill
5 – rolling chill in outer space, French vocal
*6 – epic mellow rocker, fuses distorted guitar, sitar/asian sounds w/a 60’s garage rock sound
*7 – stripped-down, beat oriented & reverberated sound
9 – bouncey dance w/lounge vocals
10 – creepy instrumental
FCC: clean
REVIEWER: Markus Lowe
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DATE: 9/20/07
ARTIST: Digitalism
TITLE: Idealism
GENRE: Electronic/Dance
GRADE: A+
REVIEW: Grade A electro/dance. Try any of them!
RECOMMENDED TRACKS:
*7 – electro rocker with a Killers feel to it
*3 – breakbeat rock
2 – fat electric goodness
*9 – dance/rock with distorted vocals
4 – slow bounce
12 – mellow breaks
FCC: clean
REVIEWER: Markus Lowe
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DATE: 10/12/07
ARTIST: Jenny Dalton
TITLE: Carbon Lily Remixes
GENRE: Electronica/Dance
GRADE: B
REVIEW: On Carbon Lily, Jenny Dalton teams up with DJs and producers from the US, England, Germany, and Greece to reinvent songs from her debut album as dark, heavy, and seductive club remixes.
RECOMMENDED TRACKS:
*2 – dark dubby slow-mo house
3 – hard electro
4 – ambient/downtempo
*6 – spacey progressive dance w/a tribal touch
8, 9 – downtempo/ambient, more vocal-piano based
*7 – ambient tribal electronica
FCC: clean
REVIEWER: Markus Lowe
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DATE: 10/12/07
ARTIST: San Serac
TITLE: Professional
GENRE: Electronic/Dance
GRADE: B+
REVIEW: see front, pretty right on
RECOMMENDED TRACKS:
*2 – could be the soundtrack to an NES game
5 – blockbuster intro & chorus with a laid-back groove in between
*7 – solid
9 – mellow dance w/guitar flares, like the end of a movie
11 – electro/tribal bounce
12 – driving electro-dance, lounge feel w/horns too
FCC: 3 & 13 (shit)
REVIEWER: Markus Lowe
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DATE: 10/12/07
ARTIST: KMFDM
TITLE: Tohuvabohu (To-Hoo-Vuh-Bo-Hoo)
GENRE: Industrial/Metal
GRADE: B
REVIEW: The same since ’84. Surely you have heard of these industrial/metal junkies by now…
RECOMMENDED TRACKS:
*2 – Lords of Acid feel, sexy vocal w/menacing up-tempo electronics and epic sounding chorus
3 – hard industrial
4 – driving industrial metal thrasher
5 – ditto, but more old school metal, German lyrics
6 – female riot vocals, energized industrial
7 – groovy German industrial dance
FCC: 9 (shit), no comment on the German lyrics…
REVIEWER: Markus Lowe
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