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it gets a few more points than i’d normally give something like this because of how much it influenced my taste in dubstep in the future, but i cant help wondering why everyone seems to agree this is his best album. it has variety, sure, but the mixing is weirdly empty and also insanely sharp and kind of tinnitus-inducing at points, and the different concepts he tried to explore on here other than heavy dubstep arent super well executed.
My forgiveness of Excision's bad mixes ends with this album. While much of it is banging I don't really find myself having much reason to come back to it simply due to the fact that so many contemporaries sounded better than Excision at this point in time, and the hook game just isn't there on a lot of these tracks.
Fave tracks: Shadowflame, Push It Up, Bring The Madness,
Least fave track: Float Away
Holy shit, 10 years of Excsion?
Yeah, soon is like, right now.
Is this Excision's best album? No, I personally think "Apex" is better, but it's close. This does have its moments though.
Excision began to work more on their mixing here on out. It's a lot more bearable than "X Rated." But it's weird, as the tracklist progresses, the mixing gets *slightly* better, but the sound design kept getting worse.
While the production is undeniably polished at ... read more
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Track List
| 1 | Codename X 3:21 | 80 |
| 2 | Live Wire 4:12 | 77 |
| 3 | Float Away 4:02 | 56 |
| 4 | Out of Time 3:48 with Dion Timmer feat. SPLITBREED | 63 |
| 5 | Shadowflame 4:00 | 61 |
| 6 | X Up 4:02 | 78 |
| 7 | Robo Kitty 4:10 with Downlink | 59 |
| 8 | Push It Up 3:50 with Space Laces | 74 |
| 9 | Bring the Madness 3:25 with Pegboard Nerds feat. Mayor Apeshit | 69 |
| 10 | Night Shine 4:20 | 79 |
| 11 | Interstellar 4:03 with Dion Timmer feat. Rise At Night | 80 |
Total Length: 43 minutes
