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Oct. 28th, 2003 04:36 pm"Pet Sounds"
Rip-Off Artist
Vertical Form VFORM030CD
Innovative house music is a term not unlike fun nazi deathcamp. I mean house music is great fun and continues to be good party music. But finding innovative grooves inside of 4/4 is really hard. As a result the genre has been suffocating on a seriously harsh case of retro-ism via electro, disco, punk and jazz. Which is fine but when it comes to creativity these things are like previously used oil wells. In these days of nth degree mega-consuming it's awfully hard to keep up with our world's voracious appetite.
Now first off you have to understand that "Pet Sounds" is not a Beach Boys remix record. It's a house record made with some really progressive sampling techniques. Although like Pet Sounds it has little glitchy interludes that help the record to function both on a per-track basis as well as a nice continuous mix. Sure this kinda glitched up house has been around for a while in the form of Goldfrapp and various other smaller names. But let's be honest with ourselves, DJ's only play Goldfrapp remixes because the record tracks are too goofy to throw into a set with any accuracy. Which is fine, I love the music as it is. However Rip-Off comes off the record in highly engineered house DJ ready format which is quite the feat.
Stand-out Tracks:
"Echoes"
The Rapture
DFA/Universal
Imagine if you will a universe where brit-poppers, punk rockers and generally people who really like guitars weren't affraid of drum machines, dancing and music with any sort of afro-urban flare. That's where this record is a triumph. See, despite what Reader's Digest and commercials for insurance might have you believe other culture's music and art still scare people. The fusion and progression of sounds by the artist in popular music are very much limited by people's ability to accept them. This really should be old news by now but it seems as soon as something is successful (remember Jungle, Big Beat?) we all quickly forget about this process.
I guess the net effect is that you get Blondie sans Deborah Harry replaced with a contemporary musical collage and a vocalist who sounds like The Violent Femmes. If you're not into the Femmes I would suggest you stay away.
Standout Tracks:
Rip-Off Artist
Vertical Form VFORM030CD
Innovative house music is a term not unlike fun nazi deathcamp. I mean house music is great fun and continues to be good party music. But finding innovative grooves inside of 4/4 is really hard. As a result the genre has been suffocating on a seriously harsh case of retro-ism via electro, disco, punk and jazz. Which is fine but when it comes to creativity these things are like previously used oil wells. In these days of nth degree mega-consuming it's awfully hard to keep up with our world's voracious appetite.
Now first off you have to understand that "Pet Sounds" is not a Beach Boys remix record. It's a house record made with some really progressive sampling techniques. Although like Pet Sounds it has little glitchy interludes that help the record to function both on a per-track basis as well as a nice continuous mix. Sure this kinda glitched up house has been around for a while in the form of Goldfrapp and various other smaller names. But let's be honest with ourselves, DJ's only play Goldfrapp remixes because the record tracks are too goofy to throw into a set with any accuracy. Which is fine, I love the music as it is. However Rip-Off comes off the record in highly engineered house DJ ready format which is quite the feat.
Stand-out Tracks:
- sizzle spot
- bear down
"Echoes"
The Rapture
DFA/Universal
Imagine if you will a universe where brit-poppers, punk rockers and generally people who really like guitars weren't affraid of drum machines, dancing and music with any sort of afro-urban flare. That's where this record is a triumph. See, despite what Reader's Digest and commercials for insurance might have you believe other culture's music and art still scare people. The fusion and progression of sounds by the artist in popular music are very much limited by people's ability to accept them. This really should be old news by now but it seems as soon as something is successful (remember Jungle, Big Beat?) we all quickly forget about this process.
I guess the net effect is that you get Blondie sans Deborah Harry replaced with a contemporary musical collage and a vocalist who sounds like The Violent Femmes. If you're not into the Femmes I would suggest you stay away.
Standout Tracks:
- House of Jealous Lovers
- Sister Savior
- The Coming of Spring
- Killing
