Like several other Upscale releases, Refraction bets all its chips in the awe-factor of the sound design. To be fair, it is astonishing. Truly, there isn't a single release in all of musical realm that sounds like Refraction. Its the THX Deep Note but for about 30 minutes, with some rolling drums, piercing hi hats and Jon Hopkins-ish syncopated basses. Sounds great, right? Problem is, all this skill and effort is put into pretty mediocre song ideas. Momentum is built up poorly, no infectious ...
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