5つ星のうち5.0Incredible soundscapes, insane beats and entrancing music
2010年11月1日にアメリカ合衆国でレビュー済み
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This disc is one of Amon's greatest, losing only to Supermodified in my opinion. This whole album features a spacey feel. Maybe I'm biased by some of the song titles, but I really do get the feeling that I'm listening to music coming from a different galaxy/dimension. It is less organic and jazzy than his previous works, favoring insane synthesizers with otherworldy basses marking what drum and bass can be when it grows up. Back from space features beautiful arpeggios over spacey sounds that only Amon knows how to cook up, floating over crazy drum & bass-ish beats that sound organic and feel real. Rosies and Chronic Tronic feel as if the entire world is coming to an end massacred by an onslaught of gigantic robots, defacing the earth as they move through the landscape. Proper Hoodrige is downright creepy and odd, giving a certain feeling of claustrophobia pierced by a soothing flute line once in a while.
There is very little humanity in this album, it is mostly an abstract work that toys with different feelings and emotions. To be listened to with a very good pair of headphones.
IMHO Ninja Tune is the greatest label in 'popular' music. Throughout 20 years they've released varied but high quality and original output. Even among top notch artists such as Bonobo, Cinemtic Orchestra, Herbliser and Mr Scruff Amon Tobin stands out in having an original and unique style fusing drum n' bass, break beat, film noir, modern classical, kitchen sink .. And this is his best album. Now it might not be for everyone. If your taste in dance/electronica leans towards Basshunter etc you may think this is dark and foreboding stuff. And to an extent it is occasionally.Very atmospheric sometimes bordering on the spooky and unsettling. You can imagine some tunes making good incidental music for chiller/horror flicks. If you're unfamiliar with AT's stuff it's hard to say what's it's like. Certainly nothing like any of the other Ninja acts. I guess if you're into the likes of Wagon Christ, Aphex Twin, Autechre and other acts at the more warped and twisted end of electronica this album could be for you.
I like an album you have to listen to several times in order to make a judgement. It contains great sounds and imagination. It is well produced with an interesting combination of samples that work well together. It is well considered and is obvious a large amount of time has been spent on tweaking. There are elements in this album that remind me of and not limited to Fat Boy Slim, Ozric Tentacles and Porcupine Tree. These sounds combined with many others give a real atmosphere. I would recommend this to anyone, very interesting.