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clayhillpeak
from Vuh (China) on 2007-07-03 14:01 [#02099451]
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and i thought you would love to know that. hello meow and the modern bass guitar are kind of catchy, but other than that its a bore fest to me. vacuum garden and orient orange? come on.
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optimus prime
on 2007-07-03 14:02 [#02099453]
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i really like the last track. it makes me rethink the entire album after it plays.
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ecnadniarb
on 2007-07-03 14:26 [#02099480]
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It has it's moment but overall it is pretty dull.
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optimus prime
on 2007-07-03 14:28 [#02099482]
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if anything, this album made me realise just how great and Epic ultravisitor really is.
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OK
on 2007-07-03 14:30 [#02099484]
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it's great.
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optimus prime
on 2007-07-03 14:32 [#02099487]
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but not OK?
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melack
from barcielwave on 2007-07-03 14:32 [#02099488]
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its lovely.
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optimus prime
on 2007-07-03 14:33 [#02099489]
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but not melacky?
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optimus prime
on 2007-07-03 14:33 [#02099490]
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i personally think it's optimus prime.
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clayhillpeak
from Vuh (China) on 2007-07-03 14:37 [#02099491]
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your avatar really does look like mine. except you look more dead
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melack
from barcielwave on 2007-07-03 14:42 [#02099494]
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i honestly think its more than optimus...
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optimus prime
on 2007-07-03 14:43 [#02099496]
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i am!
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elusive
from detroit (United States) on 2007-07-03 14:54 [#02099499]
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plotinus may be his best track.
but planatarium, welcome to, plot even, ... even rotate ...
they all like, start out with something
then add another layer of drums then another layer kicks in
kinda all the same setup (i don't know don't ask me)
plotinus is still the win.
the bass-heavy (no pun) live version of hello meow i fancy MUCH more than the album track (which i find boring)...dunno what iti s.
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ecnadniarb
on 2007-07-03 14:59 [#02099500]
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plotinus is indeed a career high.
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CS2x
from London (United Kingdom) on 2007-07-03 20:24 [#02099613]
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You probably prefer the live version to the album version because the album version is sorely lacking in bass. The whole album suffers because of its production values, imo. I do like it, and I appreciate that he was trying to use more dynamic contrast than is usual in electronic music, but the weird EQ-ing, sudden volume bursts, and the general "sound" of the record irritates me.
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RussellDust
on 2007-07-03 22:53 [#02099646]
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'hello i think everything is boring' is what i keep reading.
Good album, some standout tracks.
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blaaard
from Imatra (close to sky) (Finland) on 2007-07-04 09:32 [#02099756]
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it has a nice flow. so pink! so nice! still much love towards rotate electrolyte.
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KEYFUMBLER
from DUBLIN (Ireland) on 2007-07-04 10:10 [#02099762]
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play the tracks in a dj set with other stuff and they'll sound much better....Squarepusher was never an "album" artist for me anyway.... live, loud, mixed - ramps it all up
- they went down real well at the new years party i dj'd at this year
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elusive
from detroit (United States) on 2007-07-04 11:19 [#02099773]
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rotate electrolyte is sqrpusher's girl/boy song.
lovely
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dave_g
from United Kingdom on 2007-07-04 11:24 [#02099776]
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Only listenened to it 2 or 3 times. That's all I could take. The EQ is irritating and the songs are apart from perhaps two totally irrelevant. I've flicked through the bonus mini CD once and decided it was pants.
I agree about the lack of bass - annoying. this crowd member did not give thansk.
The worst thing about this album is it is so similar to all the other SP stuff I have, I feel like I've bought the same album 8 times already.
I'm gunna try to listen to it tonight see if I was wrong.
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thatne
from United States on 2007-07-04 12:06 [#02099786]
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i think it's brilliantly mature and progressively reinventive
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mrgypsum
on 2007-07-12 17:10 [#02102214]
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its almost as good as hard normal daddy, which is just behind his best, go plastic
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gyroscope
on 2007-07-12 17:15 [#02102217]
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i think it's nice, but i know that simply being 'nice' doesn't really cut it for Excellent Electronic Music. i enjoy it anyway.
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mrgypsum
on 2007-07-12 17:36 [#02102241]
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well its got this professional studio sound, but sort of older type of sound, like the luke vibert nuggets stuff.
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obara
from Utrecht on 2007-08-28 08:58 [#02115301]
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i think you should first try to build a bassline similar to the "welcome to europe" one
Good album, some standout tracks.
- agreed
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oxygenfad
from www.oxygenfad.com (Canada) on 2007-08-28 09:05 [#02115306]
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It grew on me, I think it's his best album.
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elusive
from detroit (United States) on 2007-08-28 09:15 [#02115314]
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while we're on the EQ tip, what the hell is up with tetra sync?
almost towards the end when the wah-peddle bass kicks in, it's loud as fucking hell. ultra-annoying. i always have to turn the volume way down at that part because it hurts my ears.
the song would be almost perfect if it wasn't for that ridiculously huge fuck-up.
not sure what he was going for there. 6:40ish
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elusive
from detroit (United States) on 2007-08-28 09:18 [#02115320]
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oh, and he does it @ 4:55 and on with the bass guitar.
it's so fucking loud, hurts my ears and i have to turn that part down.
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Raz0rBlade_uk
on 2007-08-28 09:23 [#02115322]
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it's a poor effort
very forgettable
the man has slipped
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elusive
from detroit (United States) on 2007-08-28 09:29 [#02115324]
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hell, now that i think about it, bubble life (the few notes) stand out as being a touch too loud.
there are too many points in recent squarepusher tracks where i have to turn down the volume for a few moments, let that part pass, then turn it back up again. that's just not right IMHO.
i wish this track "took off" bubble life as it stands would make for an epic introduction.
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Fah
from Netherlands, The on 2007-08-28 09:39 [#02115330]
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i think we know everyone's opinion about this by now
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elusive
from detroit (United States) on 2007-08-28 09:40 [#02115331]
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i'm generally not very depicting of stuff like this; feels good for once.
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tolstoyed
from the ocean on 2007-08-28 09:41 [#02115333]
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his bass guitar is getting nicer with every release.
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Barcode
from United Kingdom on 2007-08-28 10:04 [#02115345]
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He needs to do a hard funk electronic album. Good tunes, slam-dunking bass and fucked up beats and rhythms.
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cx
from Norway on 2007-08-28 21:53 [#02115531]
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orient orange and plotinus are my favorite songs by squarepusher
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optimus prime
on 2007-08-28 22:12 [#02115534]
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orient orange sounds like a new fruitopia flavour.
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SPD
from United States on 2007-08-28 23:03 [#02115540]
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whatever you're on about i don't know.
that album is the goddamn reformation of Squarepusher. i picked the thing back up this weekend and thought to myself, "It is so great to hear something that isn't a big sloppy fucking mess." he didn't cram everything digitally possible in that time.
best SQP since Seletion Sixteen.
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Wolfslice
from Bay Area, CA (United States) on 2007-08-28 23:08 [#02115542]
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I thought Hello Everything was soft as lard. Cheesy ass cotton candy melodies and bass-noodlings.... what happend to the hard edge of Go Plastic!?
Def my least favorite Pusher album.
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rezpeni
on 2007-08-28 23:19 [#02115546]
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It's a great album with very many memorable tracks. On some of the other records the tracks just kind of mush together into a drilly mess. Here each one has its unique personality. More simple and pared back, but just as effective. Maybe his best album.
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elusive
from detroit (United States) on 2007-08-29 01:08 [#02115557]
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plotinus is obviously his best released-work-to-date.
i can't get enough.
(unfortunately, neither can my co-workers).
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xkejjer
from Malta on 2007-08-29 01:36 [#02115558]
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its a great album.. one of his best
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oxygenfad
from www.oxygenfad.com (Canada) on 2007-08-29 08:36 [#02115662]
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It's by far his best work to date. The Breaks seemed to be sequenced better with previous releases, but the songs and structures on this album are A++. Welcome to Europe is stuck in my head all the time.
Bern ner ner - Nern ner ner - Nern ner ner - Bern ner ner - Bern ner ner ner NER NER ner ner ...
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oxygenfad
from www.oxygenfad.com (Canada) on 2007-08-29 08:40 [#02115666]
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I can completely understand that for some people that want a purely Electronic Squarepusher release that this is not it. Personally I hope he makes a jump to more acoustic sounds because , unlike most of the electronic producers using acoustic sounds for gimmicks these days, he can actually play them.
His drumming is pretty good too meng.
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obara
from Utrecht on 2007-08-29 09:10 [#02115682]
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it's just a very positive, optimistic even, i'd say, album . i can't recall as many mood-elevating albums as this one from Warp etc. and i would never expect a new album, and a mood-elevating one, from []pusher. it's a very positive surprise, that's why i appreciate his music even more now. for me he's just a bass player with great enthusiasm towards music and huge interest in electronics. i used to view him as the opposite, as another guy from warp toying with computer and producing snare rushes, which is completely wrong. those who think he's another guy from warp copying aphex's "ideas" etc. are wrong too. period
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HmND
from your mom (Israel) on 2007-08-29 09:34 [#02115687]
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I had this album since 2006 and just recently re-discovered it. Favorite tracks: Hello Meow, Planetarium, Vacuum Garden, Rotate Electrolyte and Welcome To Europe (being the best one). Hell, I put Welcome To Europe as my ringtone.
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