OK, not being discussed elsewhere as far as I can tell, interested to hear what people are thinking about this one...
So far it seems to me to be rather a pedantic mix, overly dry and simplistic up until about half way through when it greatly improves (although the ranting woman may not be to everyone's taste). Obviously his beats are luminously 3D in terms of how well engineered they are, but even discounting the fact that there are few melodic elements its still not interesting on a polyrhythmical level, too simple and conventionally house-like, lacking in Perlon-ic percussion grubs or tripping Fizheuer Zieheuer-esque strafing delay patterns.
Indeed sat next to similar mix/artist-album projects like False's "2007" and Hawtin's "DE9" its surprisingly hard work.
So far it seems to me to be rather a pedantic mix, overly dry and simplistic up until about half way through when it greatly improves (although the ranting woman may not be to everyone's taste). Obviously his beats are luminously 3D in terms of how well engineered they are, but even discounting the fact that there are few melodic elements its still not interesting on a polyrhythmical level, too simple and conventionally house-like, lacking in Perlon-ic percussion grubs or tripping Fizheuer Zieheuer-esque strafing delay patterns.
Indeed sat next to similar mix/artist-album projects like False's "2007" and Hawtin's "DE9" its surprisingly hard work.