| High Contrast / High Society |
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| Album: | High Society | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | High Contrast | Added: | Dec 2004 | |
| Label: | Breakbeat Science | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2004-12-19 | Pull Date: | 2005-02-18 | Charts: | RPM/Electronica |
| Week Ending: | Feb 20 | Feb 13 | Feb 6 | Jan 23 | Jan 16 | Jan 2 | Dec 26 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Feb 02, 2010: | The Rock Lobster Twilight's Last Gleaming | 4. | Nov 26, 2006: | Multiple Personality Disorder The Persistence of Memory | |
| 2. | Oct 22, 2007: | 408's Finest Yesterday's Colours | 5. | Aug 07, 2006: | Akinetic Mutism Racing Green | |
| 3. | Jun 07, 2007: | Finneman's Epiphany The Persistence of Memory | 6. | Oct 23, 2005: | Coronary Heart Disease Tutti Frutti |
| Album Review |
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| Captain Dee Reviewed 2004-12-17 | ||
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This is the new release on Breakbeat Science. High Contrast, by the way, is also a contributor to Hospital Records, a great premier drum & bass label. High Contrast is back with more high-octane, slightly jazzy drum & bass grooves. The whole album has a cinematic aura in its synth/orchestra loops and soundscapes. All the tracks are long, sometimes too long. It’s all pretty traditional and certainly doesn’t push any envelopes. But who cares - this is drum & bass solidly executed. Fun stuff. My picks: Tracks 1, 4, 8 are *bangin’* – excellent! Also try: 5, 11. Track by track inside -----> - Captain Dee, 12-2004 *1. Kickass beat, electronic arpeggios, vocal/spoken samples about love, a mix of horns riffs, piano chords, and synth ambience. (7:12) 2. Dance party stuff. Pumping beat, electronic bloops, soulful vox samples. (6:04) 3. Old orchestrated soundtrack-ish riffs, mid-tempo MCing. Reminds me of old Roni Size. (5:23) *4. Ethereal female vocal loop, great harsh beat, spooky background. (5:42) *5. Crashing beat, energetic melody, vox samples. Good racing music. (6:44) 6. FCCs: “shit.” British female rapping, dark club/booty feel. (5:10) 7. 80’s-ish synths, rolling beat. Fast driving music? (6:23) *8. Swirling atmosphere, spacey melodies, catchy bass interacts well with the beat. Chase scene in outerspace, perhaps. (6:28) 9. In-your-face beat, funky vibe, more female vox samples. Celebratory. (7:35) 10. Clapping beat, distant electric guitar, cheesy male vocals. I’m bored. (4:31) *11. Enchanting ambience and guitar underneath sci-fi groove and echoing samples. (5:48) 12. Dancey, big breaks, female vox, sax. Predictable. This is the “bonus track,” but I think by “bonus” they mean “boring.” (5:41) | ||
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