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| infinity HiGH |
...will be available at HMV on August 6th (just 1 day after its UK release), for $25.99 and $39.99 :)
I wonder whats so special about the 40 dollar copy... |
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| BANDIT |
| quote: | Originally posted by infinity HiGH
...will be available at HMV on August 6th (just 1 day after its UK release), for $25.99 and $39.99 :)
I wonder whats so special about the 40 dollar copy... |
Your thinking of buying it in the store???
Why don't you just d/l it??? |
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| infinity HiGH |
| quote: | Originally posted by BANDIT
Your thinking of buying it in the store???
Why don't you just d/l it??? |
Ummm...cuz I don't want to DL it. I personally think he deserves my money, just like Hybrid and PvD did too.
I've heard Magnetic North, and it rocks and I'm told that the some of the other tracks are even better. |
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| day_for_night |
| album is totally amazing, start to finish. very different direction for sasha... |
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| fantom |
Yes, very different direction for Sasha... and I don't seem to like it for some reason (it is a great album to listen to when you want to relax/go to sleep, but other than that... nah)
And for me it's definitely not worth the money... |
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| E*Master |
| I agree, I do like Sasha's Beats, but, I will not dish up $40 for a CD! Yes, he does deserve the money but I believe there is better things I can spend 40 bucks on for something I might only listen to a couple of times. I don't know about u guys but $40 is pretty steep for me. $30 I might pay. |
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| Trance Outlaw |
"Airdrawndagger"
1. Dremples 1:23
A short burst of shimmering, bleepy, analogue soundscape clocking in at just under a minute and a half. A warm-up to get your ears attuned.
2. Mr Tiddles 4:53
As with much of the album, "Mr Tiddles" seems to pay tribute to an era in the early Nineties when artists such as Spooky and The Drum Club were at their peak. A cool, understated five minute introduction that unfurls with all the production manners of Future Sound Of London circa "Lifeforms", it's bass-heavy with loads of delay, like a Germanic minimalist cathedral of synthetic sound supplemented with massive, washing synth sounds.
3. Magnetic North 5:17
A bass pattern rises out of the darkness. A flurry of shuddering drums andshifting, haunting keys. This is where things move subtly up a gear with a glimmer of a nu-skool breaks rhythm track.
4. Cloud Cuckoo 8.26
A pure ethereal soundtrack with menacing keys is split by a tough West Coast drum pattern with an up-front snare sound. More deep, brooding, bass-heavy breakdowns with cascading synth patterns filtering down. Ends with a Jan Hammer/Miami Vice-style drum stab and melts directly into. . .
5. Immortal 4:54
A brooding, buzzing nu-skool bassline underpins this downbeat slice of breakbeat. Hovering around the 110 bpm mark, the track is covered in crisp, cut-up hi-hats (sounding like high-pitched scratching) with a rising and descending "horror movie" hook line the creates a lot of tension. Includes another rippling bass breakdown. Wouldn't sound amiss in a Meat Katie DJ set.
6. Fundamental 9:13
Dark, robotic breakbeat atmospherics with a touch of the Timo Maas in the bassline and lots of twisted filters. Morse code bleeps play in the upper frequencies. Really kicks in round the six minute mark and rides the same dark riff for a further three minutes. A Mixmaster Morris-ish take on current
fixations with all things electro.
7. Boileroom 7:04
A looped-backwards brassy sample cycles round before exploding into a classic Sasha breakbeat - lots of space and contrast between pounding low notes and trebly rhythm track. High bell notes play against twisted electronic noises
further down. A BT-style crescendo around the two minute mark reminds of the days when Sasha used to cane "Embracing The Sunshine".
8. Bloodlock 7:53
The track that's most akin to "Xpander". A floor-shaking bass rumble growls along as more synth arpeggios cascade down. A hi-hat pattern plays left and right in the speakers and a marching pattern plays towards the end, rising in frequency. Very Orbital-ish and something of an updated tribute to the early sound of Sven Vath's Eye-Q imprint.
9. Requiem 6:08
Like incidental music from Bladerunner, this track betrays Sasha's love of movie soundtrack dynamics and looks to Vangelis for epic inspiration. Heavy delay cuts up an almost guitar-sound melody that descends into computer game bleeps that in turn fade to echo.
10. Golden Arm 5:45
A cute melody cycles round before the 4/4 bass kicks in with a very "Euro" rhythm pattern. The bass and deep synth are linked in a rising and falling cycle while echoing noises play beneath. The closest thing to a pop song on the album.
11. Wavey Gravy 7:29
"Wavey Gravy" was previewed on Sasha's boat party at The Miami Winter Music Conference and is the album's most obvious contender for first single. Like Kevin Beber reworking one of Hybrid's more symphonic excursions, this seven-minute cut is built on a strong rim-shot rhythm pattern. Evoking images of sunshine falling through leaves, this is another track with a touch of Vangelis about it, with a blissful, swooping synth melody that plays to fade. |
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| sylphin |
| mix cd or original material? |
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| SAGE2635 |
Airdrawndagger = brilliant work by Sasha!
I haven't bought cds for a while now so I don't think I'll be spending $40 for this cd:) |
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| infinity HiGH |
| quote: | ...will be available at HMV on August 6th (just 1 day after its UK release), for $25.99 and $39.99
I wonder whats so special about the 40 dollar copy... |
there's 2 different copies!!!
A $40 dollar one, and a $26 dollar one!! No one said that you're only allowed to buy the $40 one. If you don't want to buy the cd for $40, then buy it for $26... |
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| trancearmada |
| a great ablum! like most of you said in a different direction but I love the approach! I have listened to this for the last 2 weeks now before I got to sleep! I might shell out for the cheaper copy of this ablum, but no way am I spending $40 I would rather buy some vinyl with that money! Oh and maybe it's even a better idea to wait till this comes out on vinyl! |
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| infinity HiGH |
| quote: | Originally posted by trancearmada
a great ablum! like most of you said in a different direction but I love the approach! I have listened to this for the last 2 weeks now before I got to sleep! I might shell out for the cheaper copy of this ablum, but no way am I spending $40 I would rather buy some vinyl with that money! Oh and maybe it's even a better idea to wait till this comes out on vinyl! |
...which reminds me...
[b]...it's also gonna available on vinyl :)
(maybe thats what the $40 copy is :conf: ) |
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