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'Drew Chial and Cory Kalinoski hope to 'live outside the confines of music theory' with the music found at their website. For the most part they succeed, yet remain surprisingly listenable and at times even charming. Probably the most immediately accessable piece is 'Here is Your Man', which mixes up loops from Al Gore and George W. with fun retro keyboard samples and a Drum & Bass undercurrent, a-la Negativland, and sports a sample of George W. sounding like a Dahlek from Dr. Who that had me in stitches. 'The Storm Before the Calm' is also a highlight, showing off some flashy sequencing tricks, yet also immediately danceable, and with a gritty guitar melody that really helped the song stand out. The 'Welcome To the Machine'-like special effects at the end certainly were welcome, as well. My favorite sample overall was found in 'Laid To Waste', with a keyboard part that sounded straight out of 'Green Acres'.
Not all of the pieces worked here, though- some sounded as if they were created while doodling with a sequencer, just picking samples at random then plugging them in to see what would happen. Also, I wonder if these guys could pull this stuff off live. If so, I would love to be at one of their parties.
'~ (Scott Olson) Toast Magazine 'Shuns current music trends, trends that are guaranteed to get you
laid, i.e. realy bad rap metal, boy bands, and rave music to stay true to his vision of whiny, industrio-pop milarky ridden s***!'~ Fan mail from mp3.com 'If the virgin mary was listing to anything when she conceived immaculately,
This would be it!'~ Fan mail from mp3.com |
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