Various Artists / Grundik & Slava / Ambi
| Album: | Grundik & Slava / Ambi | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Various Artists | Added: | Dec 2004 | |
| Label: | Ak Duck Records | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2005-03-27 | Pull Date: | 2005-05-29 | Charts: | Electronic, Classical/Experimental |
|---|
| Week Ending: | May 29 | May 22 | May 15 | May 1 | Apr 10 | Apr 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | May 26, 2005: | The Devil's Collective
23 (Ambidextrous Mix) |
4. | May 09, 2005: | Szilard's Engine
23 (Ambidextrous Mix) |
|
| 2. | May 16, 2005: | Selectronica
Us or Them |
5. | Apr 25, 2005: | Selectronica
Us or Them |
|
| 3. | May 12, 2005: | The Devil's Collective: Songs from the Israeli Underground
23 (Ambidextrous Mix) |
6. | Apr 03, 2005: | Selectronica
Opaque |
Album Review
Jon Barnes
Reviewed 2005-03-28
Reviewed 2005-03-28
A+ outing from Grundik & Slava teamed up with Ambidextrous. Some of the tunes are by G & S, some by Ambidextrous, and others are one team remixing the other. All-around stellar electronic compositions, at times leaning toward experimental. Some of the more complex experimental drum patterns are beyond my taste, but even with that said, this album is a gem start to finish. PLAY!
Best tracks: 1, 2, 9
**Track 1: BEAUTIFUL and spacey intro with touches of acid and bleepy percussion. Gets dark and more drummy around minute 4.
**Track 2: More absolutely stunning mellow synth work and astonishingly creative drum patterns. Play this anywhere, anytime, any mood – it will SET the mood.
Track 3: If there were such a thing as “industrial ambient,” this would be it. Another home run.
Track 4: OK here comes the complex meter and drum patterns. Sparse and dominated by a bouncing low-end sound that might be a talking drum.
Track 5: Dark feel with distorted complex drum patterns. Not my fav but well done.
*Track 6: Deep electronic percussion; succeeds even without a discernable melody.
Track 7: Interesting contrast of skittish drum patterns under soothing, ringing vibraphone chords
Track 8: First straight-up dance beat emerges 1:30 into this song. Melody stays lush.
***Track 9: PLAY!! Starts off sinister and ends in bliss. The perfect comedown track to end the album (or your show…)
Best tracks: 1, 2, 9
**Track 1: BEAUTIFUL and spacey intro with touches of acid and bleepy percussion. Gets dark and more drummy around minute 4.
**Track 2: More absolutely stunning mellow synth work and astonishingly creative drum patterns. Play this anywhere, anytime, any mood – it will SET the mood.
Track 3: If there were such a thing as “industrial ambient,” this would be it. Another home run.
Track 4: OK here comes the complex meter and drum patterns. Sparse and dominated by a bouncing low-end sound that might be a talking drum.
Track 5: Dark feel with distorted complex drum patterns. Not my fav but well done.
*Track 6: Deep electronic percussion; succeeds even without a discernable melody.
Track 7: Interesting contrast of skittish drum patterns under soothing, ringing vibraphone chords
Track 8: First straight-up dance beat emerges 1:30 into this song. Melody stays lush.
***Track 9: PLAY!! Starts off sinister and ends in bliss. The perfect comedown track to end the album (or your show…)
Track Listing