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blockhead

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never got into them. bit too sterile for me, not enough grot. like this pic though, home county boys go darkside

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version

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This one's ridiculous. The sense of scale's insane, feels like you're listening to a massive object in space or something. I dunno what they've done with the bass, but it feels as though it drops down a layer further than their other stuff, like they've broken through to some colossal network of caverns and tunnels.

 
mixed_biscuits

mixed_biscuits

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version said:
This one's ridiculous. The sense of scale's insane, feels like you're listening to a massive object in space or something. I dunno what they've done with the bass, but it feels as though it drops down a layer further than their other stuff, like they've broken through to some colossal network of caverns and tunnels.

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That's my fave of theirs. The caverns metaphor is apt not only for the breadth and depth of the sonics but also because the tune doesn't feel like it sticks to a formulaic structure or progression: the listener, having lost their bearings in the caverns, is at its mercy.
 
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version

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I have just read all you folks arguing about where and how the SNAKE STYLE bassline was created… I’m gonna tell y’all direct from the source to educate and inform. I sampled a TR808 Kick Drum with its parameters set to give me the longest sustain possible… sound sent through my desk and EQ... sampled on a ROLAND S-750 then sculptured into a decent chest “thudding” attack and slow decay with longer sustain option using the 750’s “forward & reverse” looping function. Then with a little sprinkle of Jimmy’s SOURCE DIRECT magic, layering, EQ and compression you create this warm buzzin sub bass line. Similar was used in THE CRANE & BLACK ROSE for anyone who hasn't heard those tracks yet. Give it a listen guys. Hope this clears things up for anyone still questioning… Thanks for all your support and positive feedback people, it means a great deal and energises me to get into the studio as much as possible and finish the many new tracks in the creation process at “TOP STATION”. Respect! SD
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Beast of Burden
craner said:
I actually respect Rupert because he quickly realized he was wasting his life making his samurai sound sculptures and decamped to Hollywood to make a killing doing soundtracks instead and hooked a gorgeous Taiwanese wife in the process.
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I've just discovered that I love Modus Operandi.

In 1997, I gave it a cursory listen and immediately threw it back in the pile, appalled and bored by the spartan aesthetic.

Now, going back to listen to it in 2024 and living in the world that we live in now, it sounds like a masterpiece.

Sorry, Rupert. I was young. It was a different time.
 
dilbert1

dilbert1

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I guess I never really thought of that track as jazzy compared to most ‘jazz jungle’ but its got the Modus thing going on I suppose, just a lot more rude and less clinical to my ears than Rupert, ‘tribal’ I guess
 
Corpsey

Corpsey

bandz ahoy
craner said:
I've just discovered that I love Modus Operandi.

In 1997, I gave it a cursory listen and immediately threw it back in the pile, appalled and bored by the spartan aesthetic.

Now, going back to listen to it in 2024 and living in the world that we live in now, it sounds like a masterpiece.

Sorry, Rupert. I was young. It was a different time.
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track by track review please
 
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