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If you want relatively modern trippy wandering noise, then get the album. There's a paucity of backbeats in this album, as the artists favor a more "etheral" feel with only infrequent jarring mix inclusions. If you're wanting a little bit more in the way of track structure and backbeats, then look elsewhere.BTW - trippy noise doesn't get any better than Can's "Tago Mago" tracks 5 and 6 or a late 70s Eno/Fripp album.JB Do yourself a favor and pick up DJ Spooky's "Confessions of a Dead Dreamer" or "Celestial Mechanix".both albums are infinitely better and more condusive to repeated listening.Unfortunately, the Scanner vs. DJ Spooky effort comes off like a trippy new age remix of a Yanni album (minus the overblown choral stuff).
The style is generally "illbient" (meaning a diverse agglomeration of drum'n'bass, ambient and dub).These are two extremely innovative and talented artists who clearly had no conflict of artistic interests on this collaboration. This is Dj Spooky's (aka Paul D. Nevertheless - a must for any serious spooky or scanner fan. The only negative aspect of this album is the fact that it is less than 40 minutes in length. Miller) only joint effort with Scanner (aka Robin Rimbaud). The styles on this disk range widely as they do with the individual albums by these artists.
I find myself relistening frequently. I love this CD.it's haunting, but so dark that it brings me down.
I like what he and That Subliminal Kid have done here. Freaking righteous. Parts are almost reminiscent of some of Future Sound of London's better stuff, but not quite as "produced." This makes it all the better, in my opinion. Very minimal beats, noises, freakishness. Buy this CD, no question. I now need to find more of Scanner's stuff.
overwrought with Scanner's work. uncommon nature.The bulk of people reading this review, I am assuming, are fans of DJ Spooky: the works of Scanner are just not known. remains his furthest artistic reach). could be listened to by a 'major' audience-- Pharoh Monch, Killah Priest and Kool Keith were all on it.).
Certainly, this is a great album; in the end, the best that it could do. who does similar things, adding in captured cell-phone conversations.This album also can be liked straight off the bat-- it doesn't take four or five listens like some of Spooky's other stuff-- in this way, it's probably more like Scanner's canon, which, although somewhat weird, doesn't require years to get into. This is a listenable version of his 'illbent' creation: world-sounds mixed with scratching, noise, and minimalist beats. setting aside that it is a heck of a work unto itself, would be to introduce to a wider audience the strange works of Scanner, who is.
it is as accesible as the 'Freight Elevator Quartet' album, and, probably, shares the title with it of his most important and brilliant work (though 'Viral Sonata', released as Paul Miller. I highly recommend this album both to fans of traditional drum n' bass and to fans of more experimental stuff. an artist of. Fans of Spooky shouldn't be disappointed; although this is no where near as accessible as the 'Riddim Warfare' album (which, although pretty artistic.
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