RICARDO VILLALOBOS - SALVADOR
Que Belle Epoque 2006
[12:56]20 Mb
Tempura
[10:29]17 Mb
Suesse Cheques
[7:16]12.3 Mb
Unflug
[6:50]11.4 Mb
Lazeratpresent
[7:30]12.1 Mb
Logohitz
[7:51]13.2 Mb
Lugom-IX
[11:18]20.1 Mb
Electrolatino (R. Villalobos Lecktro Carino mix)
[15:30]24.2 Mb
Ricardo Villalobos "Salvador" Album Review
Great, early bangers from Villalobos
Over the course of the past eight years or so, Ricardo Villalobos has managed to churn out such a steady and solid body of work that one could argue that he's one of only a small handfull of true, new superstar names in the field of dance music (along with Michael Mayer and a couple others). In terms of minimal dance music, he almost stands alone, refining the genre with small variations, clean lines, and a great sense of just how to escalate a track.
Salvador is a collection of his earliest work on Frisbee, bringing together seven tracks from between 1998 and 2001, most of which have been out of print for some time now. Filling out the collection (literally, as the release runs almost eighty minutes in total length) is his whopping fifteen-minute reworking of Senor Coconut's "Electrolatino." The disc opens with one of his classic tracks turned on its head as Villalobos takes "Que Belle Epoque" and gives it a modern update, stretching it out into even more of a beast, taking the 70s sample that the song builds on it and tugging and pulling and mining it until it's woven through the entire song.
Those expecting his early work to have the same emotional oomph may find themselves just a slight bit disappointed overall with the release, as it seems that he hasn't quite harnessed his full powers yet on the disc. "Tempura" thumps along for over ten minutes and features a couple killer builds, but doesn't have the melodic grab that much of his newer work does, but the watery "Suesse Cheques" released at the same time proves him unafraid to experiment with different techniques, hollowing out the kick and leaving the track largely floating through the clouds.
The two tracks that will probably crack the most skulls are "Logohitz" and "Lugom-ix," a slamming one-two punch that progress like avalanches falling down the side of a mountain, ripping out string stabs, mutated vocal samples, and hypnotic bass that keep things tumbling forward in a relentless way. The aforementioned Senor Coconut remix closes out the disc, and while it's not one of the better tracks, it's a nice comedown and a fun inclusion. Even Salvador collects his work just before he hit his prime, the release shows that Villalobos has always been a musician and producer to reckon with.
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ANTIPOP CONSORTIUM - ARRHYTHMIA
Contraption
[0:58]1.4 Mb
Bubblz
[3:25]4.9 Mb
Ping Pong
[2:42]3.9 Mb
Dead in Motion
[4:17]6.2 Mb
Mega
[2:23]3.4 Mb
Silver Heat
[3:14]4.6 Mb
Ekg
[0:30]0.7 Mb
Ghostlawns
[4:11]6 Mb
We Kill Soap Scum
[3:14]4.6 Mb
Traum
[2:51]4.1 Mb
Tron Man Speaks
[2:21]3.4 Mb
Focused
[1:56]2.7 Mb
Conspiracy of Myth
[2:26]3.5 Mb
Human Sheild
[3:33]5.1 Mb
Place the Face
[4:59]7.1 Mb
Antipop Consortium "Arrhythmia" Album Review
not Anti-pop, just Pop-trash
Antipop Consortium's Arrhythmia was very uninteresting and dark similar to Critical Madness' album, "Finding The Plot". Arrhythmia served as a poor man's Saul Williams struggling to find a particular zone or comfortability level to relate with alternative Hip-Hop fans. The production was fine despite having a dark, gloomy tone like you're having one of those bad nightmares. The interlude, "EKG", was an exception (although 30 seconds long) sounded like a product of the Dutch producer, Nicolay.
The track, "Mega", seemed a bit offensive reinforcing what this album is missing: a PURPOSE! I often contemplated on Anti-Pop Consortium's intentions for this album...is it really PROGRESSIVE Hip-Hop? "Silver Heat" was another pop-trash example that highlights my point. "Ghost Lawns" was raved by critics but sounded unattractively depressing, the same for "We Kill Soap Skum", "Z St.", "Traumm", and several others. I do not believe that this highly DISAPPOINTING album even applies as a Hip-Hop album; instead, it serves better as one of those barbaric/goth testiments for rebellious teenage white kids.
The few enjoyable tracks are listed: "Ping Pong" and "Conspiracy of Myth" stand out on a gloomy depressing album. Don't waste your money.
Video CARTRIP / HUMAN SHIELD - Anti-Pop Consortium (unofficial)
A video clip for the Anti-Pop Consortium's song Human Shield
VARIOUS ARTISTS - FUEL
Bounce
[4:27]6.9 Mb
Triple Black
[4:50]7.3 Mb
Headache
[3:50]5.9 Mb
Lo Shit
[5:01]6.5 Mb
Hot and Sticky (Nikita)
[4:16]6.2 Mb
Various Artists "Fuel" Album Review
Limited Appeal
The marketing of this CD is very misleading - there aren't six sermons, there are two and a half. Two of the tracks are gospel songs, and the last track is a mixture of singing with just enough talking to consider it a half a sermon. The messages are dated and probably appealing to only a very small segment of the consumer market - unfortunately I am not part of that small segment.
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