Thanks for the share. I find alot of the music by Blind Observatory is spacey cosmic esque. Such a cool sound.
Two of my favs are:
Blind Observatory - Beneath a Steel Sky
Blind Observatory - And the Flying Saucer
You have any good recommendations for live mixes and sets?
SYSTEM-J
A1 is excellent. Could happily listen to that for 30 minutes.
AlphaStarred
B2 is reminiscent of Tin Man acid, but worse. All 3 tracks feel like overextended intros - I think they would all sound better if perhaps a 4x4 kick were added after, and the 303 tweaked more throughout. More variation and experimentation, basically.
There's a good foundation here, but the release lacks spontaneity and some creativity. It seems more focused on being polished and clean, rather than experimental and spontaneous, which would've just made every track that much better imo.
SYSTEM-J
Behold, someone calling a Woony selection overly clean and polished! Let the techno authenticity wars begin!
AlphaStarred
Mind you, I have nothing against clean and polished, if done right.
This one sounds great, for instance:
It presents us with something that this release doesn't: enough variation and elements that make it a more solid, less repetitive whole.
SYSTEM-J
I can understand your beef about the B-sides, as they're under-developed, but Way hacks into my pleasure nodes and tickles them into submission. It sounds like the soundtrack to interstellar dreadnoughts disintegrating under grid-fire. Actually reminds me of a more techno re-imagining of Carbon Based Lifeforms, although doubtless this is infinitely too clean and polished for warehouse cred:
AlphaStarred
The first few minutes of Way are indeed very good, but like the other two tracks, I feel it could've been developed and varied more. It's not the clean and polished sound that gives it warehouse cred, it's the groove. This release and the CBL you posted are just more chillout affairs - this isn't really techno, after all.
Nice acid in Over, which hasn't been posted:
Woony
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Originally posted by AlphaStarred
There's a good foundation here, but the release lacks spontaneity and some creativity. It seems more focused on being polished and clean, rather than experimental and spontaneous, which would've just made every track that much better imo.
I can see what you mean since he does it all /w software (FM actually) and can spend months working on a single track. I don't agree personally though, I absolutely love the sound desing and while it's definitely super polished, I don't think it sounds TOO clean. And I don't think every techno track has to sound experimental and/or spontaneous.
And definitely don't agree about it being a chillout release. I've heard 'Way' played at Berghain a couple of times and it sounds monstrous on a system like that. Sure, it's not a peaktime banger but it's a perfect set closing track.
paulversuspaul
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Originally posted by SYSTEM-J
Behold, someone calling a Woony selection overly clean and polished! Let the techno authenticity wars begin!
Haha. Took the words right out of my mouth. I really like A1 as well.
