The only good part about this remix is that it helped me realize how the slowed and choppy & screwed sound of the original is responsible for 80% of the magic. Eccojams sounds like a fractal of a dying world, but the nightcore version just sounds like chipmunk soul fragments. Not my thing
CHEMICAL WEEK #5
We have reached the middle point of their discoraphy. A whole decade after "Exit Planet Dust". During that time, the brothers adopted a variety of styles, and even managed to gather the attention of vocalists from bands like New Order and Oasis. Safe to say, they were very sucessful
Push the button is a really intresting project in the sense that it has a lot of new techniques infused with the classic style of their first 3 projects. Notably, this album features a ... read more
CHEMICAL WEEK #4
75 ---> 88
Alas, we reach the 2000s! An era of innovation, technology, and a lot of electronic tunes to accompany it. And who better than the worldwide phenomenon The Chemical Brothers to wave the flag of the new millennium? Only a few electronic acts managed to reach their levels of popularity, and most impressively, they managed to do it while still being only tied to a few specific genres (big beat, psychedelia, and techno).
"Come with Us" saw the band ... read more
CHEMICAL WEEK #3 - Surrender
In 1997, The Chemical Brothers released "Dig Your Own Hole," a landmark album of the Big Beat genre that masterfully merged elements from genres such as rock and psychedelic, which converged in the creation of an inventive, intoxicating, and abrasive approach to techno. It received widespread acclaim from both critics and fans alike, with singles such as "Block Rockin' Beats" even snatching a few Grammy awards. The duo became the reference ... read more
CHEMICAL WEEK #2 - Dig Your Own Hole
After the smash hit that was Exit Planet Dust, The Chemical Brothers' name was all over the globe. This led to extensive touring in which the duo started to produce the material that would later be found in their sophomore album. A conversation with Noel Gallagher later led to the creation of the first single, "Setting Sun," an evolution from their previous sound while encompassing elements from psychedelic music and maintaining an undeniable ... read more
CHEMICAL WEEK #1 - Exit Planet Dust (1995)
Ah yes, The Chemical Brothers, legends of breakbeat and big beat and responsible for putting both those genres in the forefront of pop culture during the 2000s. But before their astronomical rise to fame, there was "The Dust Brothers." With an Atari ST, a sampler and a keyboard, they made Song to the Siren, an hypnotic track with influences that range from trance to acid house that would later culminate in their cult status in the early ... read more
Gorgeously liminar and dreamlike, "Hex" manages to stand the test of time and serve as one of the more notable examples of early post-rock albums.
Good reissue, songs kick twice as hard, new songs are ok.
BUT WHAT THE HELL IS "THIS SONG IS A SAFE SPACE"
"White girl got an ass like Meg Griffin (??)
I told that bitch to grab a fork and hit the damn kitchen" (??)
"When white people rap, I think of suicide" (??)
Ok I know you hate white people Peggy but what the hell was that 😭
This is a really funny album and there is no telling me otherwise
The sheer agression of every track is almost as infeccious as it is exaggerated. Peggy is throwing shots everywhere, even people that are not involved with hip hop (Morissey, Macaulay Culkin etc). There is even a whole song that is a sneak diss towards DJ Akademiks in here. And that's the thing I love the most about the record, how self aware it is.
Of course, production is amazing. All beats are incredibly unorthodox, ... read more
AMBER: Melancholia dripping from iron cogs
Another Autechre review doesn't hurt ;)
While Exai and Untilted are both great albums in their own regards, I still hold Amber dear as my favorite album in their discography. It is just pure melodic and rhythmic magic while still managing to be fun, menacing and ... read more
Track 1- We live in a society (acoustic version)
Track 2- We live in a society (8 minute long guitar solo)
Track 3- We live in a society (pig)
Track 4- We live in a society (we rebel against society)
Track 5- We live in a society (acoustic version pt2)
Imagine you were a piece of wood that got cut into a circle, they put a piece of leather on both ends of the circle, some metal lines at the bottom, some pins to put it all together and boom, now you're a snare drum. And you're happy.
You are in the store, wating patiently to make new memories, write new songs, and help a drummer acomplish their dreams of becoming better.
Then comes Lars Ulrich, he buys you, tunes you in a way that makes you want to kill yourself and spanks you ... read more
I think it's too early to do a proper review on this album, but yeah, it's amazing, definetly one of billy's best
The lyrcism and themes are as deep as they've ever been, and I feel as if this is one of his most personal albums. We get to delve into woods' traumas, while also getting his trenchant comentary on systematic racism and the current (not so great) political situation of the world
Technically speaking, this is one of the most unique, eerily produced rap ... read more
EXAI: The crowning achievement in Autechre's discography
(consider this my 30 follower special review or whatever. Thanks for all my readers for giving a litte of you time to read and engage with the review. I really apreciate it ❤️)
The final boss of electronic music
This album is just one of the most insane, jaw-dropping and stroke inducing pieces of music ever conceived. I've yet to see anyone get even near the bar that Autechre set here, and it's even crazier that this ... read more
@AndrewK described it perfectly. It's like the beats are soaked in black tar. They are incredibly enthralling, despite the uninviting nature, and sound design here is unlike any other dub artist I've listened to. Gotta check more of his stuff out
This album used to be a zero, but after a relisten, it maybe is a 70 or a 65. But because I can (and some other factors I'll mention later), imma give it a 20
"But why" you may be thinking. Well, there are two main reasons: The music and the artist. Let's start with the music
But before that, I'd like to say something quite heroic, and it may be shocking to hear: This is MY OPINION. If you like this album, good for you. In fact, I'd really want to be the one ... read more
Wow, this is like BLEACH to my ears, except for the fact that that album is actually good and doesn't split my ears in half after listening to the most boring electronic music of all time.
WHY?
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