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 Metamatics midnight sun pig 2LP Dot |
After 3 years of silence,
the Swedish Dot records re-appears and enlightens us with some new releases. The first new album on the block is "Midnight Sun Pig" by Metamatics. Another Metamatics? Yeps indeedio, this man never stops, so it seems. After numerous productions for different labels under various disguises it's probably a difficult task to still come up with more surprising material. We've already been through musical fases featuring: the retro-electro on Clear, the dubby house on Reel & Beau Monde, the abstract junglism and dreamy soundscapes on Hydrogen Dukebox, the dark downbeat on District Six, the futuristic electronica on Neo Ouija, et cetera. That's right, although there are no revolutionary things to be heard on this album, Lee Norris does provide us with another interesting re-invention of his typical style. On this album he brings us some ultra-funky electro IDM on the reborn Dot record label. Admittedly these tracks are somewhat reminiscent of the Clear era, but there are enough added elements to keep your mind focused and your booty shakin' ! We've got some real nice synth squeaks and keyboard melodies layered around funky rhythms on broken beats. Sometimes groovin' mid-tempo and at other time more chilled-down. Profoundly burried under all this, are the lush soundscape-textures which make sure the right atmosphere stays omnipresent in all tracks. It's a bit hard to get into that atmosphere, but once you've accomplished that, just let yourself carry away and enjoy the feeling of being a Machine ... say vegin nov 2000 |
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