Originally posted by Sand Leaper
Ugh, no it didn't. It was essentially a polished and remastered rendition of a blueprint that BC already had pioneered thoroughly approximately 10 years ago, and it certainly does not deserve a spot among the decade's greatest albums.
Dub techno is done and dusted, ladies and gentlemen. It really is time to try something else now.
Of course. Someone just had to say it.
I'm aware that dub techno can only vary so much and that it's in its essence a pretty "limited" subgenre, just as much as I'm aware that most of today's output sounds like a cheap reproduction and sometimes even bastardization of a sound BC established 10 years ago, but some exceptions exist and I (and many others) truly believe that some producers are still capable of interpreting that sound in their own way. I'm mainly talking about Echospace duo and Monolake (who was doing something slightly different, but of the pretty much same style during the 00's) here.
The Coldest Season, while on the surface does sound like a BC imitation, has a lot more qualities when you look beyond that first impression, and does sound different (at least so much as the style allows). It's definitely deeper, denser, more atmospheric and layered, with some unique samples and effects such as that electrostatic noise which adds to the whole "I'm floating through thick grey clouds filled with rumble and bolts" feel. It's very image-inducing in general. Try to find a track in a BC catalogue that sounds similar to Aequinoxium or Ocean Of Emptiness and post it here please.
If you want to call it a BC ripoff, it's the best damn ripoff imaginable. Not a single album came so close to the original dub techno (although ambient is a better label for this album) sound, and considering that fact alone this release deserves a place in the "best of 00's" lists.
Leniu
Tiesto - Kaleidoscope!!
Just kidding LOL I actually had to google "tiesto's new album" to remember what the name of that crap was. I don't have any contributions, I just wanted to say I have stumbled upon some pretty awesome music previously unknown to me by reviewing this thread, Thanks :)
woscar
Also, The Thievery Corporation - The Cosmic Game
cmay119
2005: Daft Punk - Human After All
Didn't see either of these mentioned yet in this thread (could've missed 'em).
Though Human After All was my least favorite, I still liked it quite a bit. Discovery =
EDIT: Discovery omitted from post. Didn't read System-J's original post well enough. Human After All stays, i'll defend it as I know it wasn't taken too kindly by a lot of casual DP listeners.
Lebezniatnikov
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Originally posted by woscar
Also, The Thievery Corporation - The Cosmic Game
I much preferred Richest Man in Babylon, but wasn't sure it fits the parameters of the categories.
SoundFromHeaven
Interesting, I find "The Mirror Conspiracy" to be their best. Of course, I'm in love with the girl in "Illumination" for she has to be what angels sound like. Hands down, I would vote Thievery Corporation one of the most consistent electronic artists of all time that was until Radio Retaliation which makes me :conf:
TranceArmstrong
Off the top of my head
The Field - From Here We Go Sublime
Bruno Pronsato - Why Can't We Be Like Us
The Mole - As High As The Sky
Vibrasphere - Archipelago
Flying Lotus - Los Angeles
Gauss
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Originally posted by SoundFromHeaven
Interesting, I find "The Mirror Conspiracy" to be their best. Of course, I'm in love with the girl in "Illumination" for she has to be what angels sound like. Hands down, I would vote Thievery Corporation one of the most consistent electronic artists of all time that was until Radio Retaliation which makes me :conf:
Such a good track. Thievery Corporation FTW!
Arraias
no particular order.
Mr Game+Watch
Jesse Somfay - A Catch In The Voice
Mirko Loko - Seventynine
Lindstrom - It's a Feedelity Affair
