| Hiorthoy, Kim / Live Shet |
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| Album: | Live Shet | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Hiorthoy, Kim | Added: | Jul 2004 | |
| Label: | Smalltown Supersound | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2004-07-26 | Pull Date: | 2004-09-26 | Charts: | RPM/Electronica |
| Week Ending: | Sep 26 | Sep 12 | Aug 22 | Aug 8 | Aug 1 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Jan 30, 2011: | The Donner Party Track 4 | 4. | Sep 26, 2005: | Plastic Fantastic Lover Track 4 | |
| 2. | May 29, 2010: | The Value Machine Track 3 | 5. | Nov 14, 2004: | Sunday Afternoon Princess Track 1 | |
| 3. | May 05, 2010: | Brownian Values Track 4 | 6. | Nov 08, 2004: | Go For Dover Track 6 |
| Album Review |
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| Captain Dee Reviewed 2004-07-22 | ||
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Norwegian designer/producer Kim Hiorthoy is back with a slew of new EPs. This particular EP is more rambunctious than his album Hei, but the aesthetic is still recognizable: simple (but not simplistic) IDM electronica consisting of fast and intricate beats with silly beep-laden melodies and samples. For better or worse, the sound is less muddled than other IDM (e.g. Sqaurepusher), which makes the whole album easier to digest. Track 4 is as viscerally fun as electronica gets! Also try track 1. - Captain Dee (7/04) *1. Electronic, thin hip-hopish beat with old-school synth melody and "uh!" sample. Various other speech samples along the way. Great sparse composition – almost as if this was a videogame soundtrack. (4:43) 2. Blazing stop & start beat with Aphex Twin-esque sound pallet. Later, intensity picks up a bit and things get noisier. (9:45) 3. Tight clapping beat, smooth organ notes, various other beats, speech samples and wonky melody. Kick ass torrent of beeps midway through. (8:28) **4. Super fast, rockin' beat and peppy, beeping melodies anchored by a repeated, child-like singing sample. I keep picturing a cute little robot dancing wildly. (8:13) 5. Goofy electronic melodies, fast drumming split up by interludes, and "woop!" samples. Humorous. (3:24) 6. Dance-y synths and beat, tweaky embellishments. This strikes me as dirty club music for robots. (7:10) | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Track 1 | 4. | Track 4 | |||
| 2. | Track 2 | 5. | Track 5 | |||
| 3. | Track 3 | 6. | Track 6 |