Mark E / Stone Breaker
Album: | Stone Breaker | Collection: | General | |
Artist: | Mark E | Added: | May 2011 | |
Label: | Spectral Sound |
A-File Activity
Add Date: | 2011-05-30 | Pull Date: | 2011-08-01 |
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Week Ending: | Jul 3 | Jun 26 | Jun 19 | Jun 12 | Jun 5 |
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Airplays: | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
1. | Jun 26, 2011: | lost and found
Oranges |
4. | Jun 12, 2011: | lost and found
Oranges |
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2. | Jun 25, 2011: | High School Summer College All-Stars
Oranges |
5. | Jun 08, 2011: | The Donner Party
Oranges |
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3. | Jun 23, 2011: | Crailslide
The Day, Oranges |
6. | Jun 06, 2011: | Thrice Chilled
The Day |
Album Review
Rasmus Rygaard
Reviewed 2011-06-05
Reviewed 2011-06-05
Mark E has been famous for his disco edits and swinging house sounds, but has yet to release his first full length album. That’s where Stone Breaker comes in. Although it’s a bit moodier than what I had anticipated, there is still plenty of warm, well-produced house grooves to keep your show going. Expect sounds similar to Erdbeerschnitzel, Tensnake, and DJ Harvey.
FCC: Clean Try: 7, 9, 8, 6, 2
1) 7:17 Crunchy drums, fragments of a synth line. Pounding staccato keys and chopped-up vocals.
2) 5:00 * Slow, swinging. Simple walking bassline, atmospheric synths towards the end.
3) 7:22 Booming, robotic. Bass rolling along just fine, hi-hats pick up the pace. Mumbling vocoders. Outro is somewhat acidy.
4) 4:28 Softer, more mellow. Retro ambient synth lines.
5) 10:28 Slowly builds up a percussion and vocoder-driven house groove. Deep, longing synth surfaces.
6) 4:59 * Organic sound. Subtle keys flail back and forth.
7) 8:12 ** Darker, more mysterious sound. Simple two-note synth line, builds intensity.
8) 8:23 * Dark, techy. Synth pads loosen things up a bit, and a clonky synth line helps, too.
9) 7:29 * Soft, discoish. Groaning female vocal samples and a cool bass line.
FCC: Clean Try: 7, 9, 8, 6, 2
1) 7:17 Crunchy drums, fragments of a synth line. Pounding staccato keys and chopped-up vocals.
2) 5:00 * Slow, swinging. Simple walking bassline, atmospheric synths towards the end.
3) 7:22 Booming, robotic. Bass rolling along just fine, hi-hats pick up the pace. Mumbling vocoders. Outro is somewhat acidy.
4) 4:28 Softer, more mellow. Retro ambient synth lines.
5) 10:28 Slowly builds up a percussion and vocoder-driven house groove. Deep, longing synth surfaces.
6) 4:59 * Organic sound. Subtle keys flail back and forth.
7) 8:12 ** Darker, more mysterious sound. Simple two-note synth line, builds intensity.
8) 8:23 * Dark, techy. Synth pads loosen things up a bit, and a clonky synth line helps, too.
9) 7:29 * Soft, discoish. Groaning female vocal samples and a cool bass line.
Track Listing
1. | Archway | 5. | Got To Get Me There | |||
2. | Black Country Saga | 6. | Deny This | |||
3. | Belvide Beat | 7. | Black Moon | |||
4. | Quatro | 8. | Oranges | |||
9. | The Day |