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offline swears from junk sleep on 2005-12-20 12:22 [#01803916]
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From a piece in the Village Voice:

Frenchman Jackson Fourgeaud approaches the prog-disco zone
from a different angle, tapping into the '70s monsterbands'
proclivity for bombast, disjointed structures, and ornate
arrangements. It's not just the title of the opener,
"Utopia," that recalls Todd Rundgren, it's the high vocal
(beseeching "Have you really thought about utopia?") and the
production's quality of "altitude" (what Graham Massey of
progtronica outfit 808 State identified as the studio
wizard's hallmark). At times Smash resembles the step beyond
Discovery that some of us hoped Daft Punk would make with
Human After All. But truthfully the album ranges much
further afield, connecting DAF's industrial disko to
ELO/10cc-style art-pop kitsch, and welding heavy rock's
juddering thunderbeats to house and trance's rippling,
ecstastic riffs. Sometimes it's all too much (curse perhaps
of this being a Computer Band and therefore prone to that
digital temptation to nuance and layering, as opposed to
Delia & Gavin's analog-induced minimalism). But in the end,
you gotta say yes to this excess. Yes please and merci
beaucoup.


 

offline swears from junk sleep on 2005-12-20 12:23 [#01803917]
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Beats "breakcore" doesn't it. I love this album.

 

offline Krendo from Leicester (United Kingdom) on 2005-12-20 12:35 [#01803926]
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Is this something to do with a new Daft Punk LP, or another
band you like that I've never heard of?!


 

offline swears from junk sleep on 2005-12-20 12:41 [#01803928]
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It's Jackson, the new Warp signing.

 

offline Krendo from Leicester (United Kingdom) on 2005-12-20 12:44 [#01803932]
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The next big thing?

 

offline swears from junk sleep on 2005-12-20 12:50 [#01803936]
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Probably not. His sound is kinda fresh, though. I wonder why
people still listen to boy-music shit like Venetian Snares
when they could be gettin' jiggy wit' Jackson.


 

offline Krendo from Leicester (United Kingdom) on 2005-12-20 12:52 [#01803940]
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Shit, I still haven't caught up with Venetian Snares. I need
to stop relying on the record collection I built up 10 years
ago!


 

offline swears from junk sleep on 2005-12-20 13:16 [#01803961]
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If you've heard any Aphex or Squarepusher from ten years
ago, Vsnares is pretty much the same!


 

offline Krendo from Leicester (United Kingdom) on 2005-12-20 13:20 [#01803968]
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I think I heard a few scraps of Venetian Snares, and it
sounded like a mix between Smojphace and Squarepusher's
drill'n'bass flex-outs. Should I buy an album for Christmas,
and get clued up on this 'vibe'? Or should I go back to my
room and get down to Charlie Parker's 'Loverman'?


 

offline horsefactory from 💠 (United Kingdom) on 2005-12-20 13:34 [#01803980]
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offline Krendo from Leicester (United Kingdom) on 2005-12-20 13:34 [#01803982]
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Shit - I was JUST about to say that. DAMN!

 

offline horsefactory from 💠 (United Kingdom) on 2005-12-20 13:39 [#01803986]
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listen to tv dogs and you will know

 

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