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| Nov 2003
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Jacki-O
Reviewed 2003-12-08
Reviewed 2003-12-08
Plastikman: Closer Label: Novamute
Techno legend Richie Hawtin is back w/ his latest Plastikman album. It’s dark, minimal, stark, cold, and it even features Richie’s vocals, albeit very electronically manipulated. This is also a “mix-CD” of sorts, as each track flows into each other; and it is also clearly intended to be played all the way through continuously. The ambient tracks are good, but I tended to prefer the more techno-y tracks.
Try: 4,5,6,7,8,10.
1. long silent intro, mechanized voice (Richie speaks!), ominous synths, slow beat
2. continue the sinister slow beat from track 1 w/ a little bit more bass
3. ambient synthesizer
4. mechanized vocals & deep bass, odd little tone
5. distant pulses, blips, hisses, slow creeper track
6. pulsing beat, minimal bassline, simple sinster tones, claps at the end
7. rolling tech-y bassline, faster and harder now, edgy tweaky techy loops
8. proto-techno sound, robotic vocals, sick analog buildups
9. synthesizer ambience
10. sinister bassline, robotic vocals, reverbed crashes, warbly acid-y little synths
Techno legend Richie Hawtin is back w/ his latest Plastikman album. It’s dark, minimal, stark, cold, and it even features Richie’s vocals, albeit very electronically manipulated. This is also a “mix-CD” of sorts, as each track flows into each other; and it is also clearly intended to be played all the way through continuously. The ambient tracks are good, but I tended to prefer the more techno-y tracks.
Try: 4,5,6,7,8,10.
1. long silent intro, mechanized voice (Richie speaks!), ominous synths, slow beat
2. continue the sinister slow beat from track 1 w/ a little bit more bass
3. ambient synthesizer
4. mechanized vocals & deep bass, odd little tone
5. distant pulses, blips, hisses, slow creeper track
6. pulsing beat, minimal bassline, simple sinster tones, claps at the end
7. rolling tech-y bassline, faster and harder now, edgy tweaky techy loops
8. proto-techno sound, robotic vocals, sick analog buildups
9. synthesizer ambience
10. sinister bassline, robotic vocals, reverbed crashes, warbly acid-y little synths
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2003-12-08 — 2004-02-09
Electronic, Classical/Experimental
| Week Ending | Airplays |
|---|---|
| Feb 8 | 1 |
| Feb 1 | 2 |
| Jan 25 | 1 |
| Dec 28 | 1 |
| Dec 21 | 1 |
Track listing
| 1. | Ask Yourself | ||
| 2. | Mind Encode | ||
| 3. | Lost | ||
| 4. | Disconnect | ||
| 5. | Slow Poke | ||
| 6. | Headcase | ||
| 7. | Ping Pong | ||
| 8. | Mind in Rewind | ||
| 9. | I no | ||
| 10. | I Don't Know |