paiirs

The album evokes a strange sense of déjà vu: as if it were created by feeding a neural network Kanye's entire discography and asking it to imitate his style. This is the only explanation for such a derivative product, which seems to be ripped from the artist's past works. We hear the familiar chipmunk soul, autotune, and Yeezus-esque beats (as, for example, in the track THIS A MUST). There's absolutely nothing new here.

I think it's worth explaining what makes Zach a unique drummer. Usually in bands, the drums become the «skeleton» of the composition, supporting the other instruments and, consequently, remaining somewhat in the background. Here, the roles are reversed. The guitar essentially becomes the rhythmic foundation, performing all sorts of looped riffs, while Zach's drums come to the forefront and take on a life of their own (they don't support, they lead).

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When I first turned on Replica, it turned out to be an unexpected experience for me. Usually, advertising snippets that pop up at the most inconvenient moment evoke nothing but boredom and the desire to get rid of them as quickly as possible. Here, the opposite happened. They seemed to dissolve into the electronic texture of the album: instead of breaking it apart, they actually deepened the feeling of immersion into a slow, viscous instrumental flow, as if it had arrived as a message from ... read more

Plunderphonics is a way of composing music in which the primary material consists of already existing recordings. And this does not refer only to familiar musical tracks. Fragments of radio broadcasts, news reports, television recordings, and any other sonic artifacts of mass culture can all be used. Instead of traditional composition, the piece is assembled like an audio collage, pulling fragments out of their usual context and placing them into a new one.

The sampling technique itself is by ... read more