Search - Bluetech :: Love Songs to the Source

A substantial disappointment.

Alexiel | United States | 06/16/2010

(2 out of 5 stars)

"Many times when a seasoned veteran of a musical genre gets reviews (sources besides Amazon are not that kind to this album) with a rating this low, it may be because the artist is growing in a direction that the audience may not like.



Unfortunately, even this isn't the case for Bluetech's "Love Songs to the Source." It's a pretty substantial step backwards into musical territory that has been canvassed - well canvassed at that - by other, less musical acts more than a decade ago.



The rub is, this album was released on Interchill, which is more common for this type of world music (think of something you might've heard on the Pure Moods compilations, like Mythos) than what Bluetech draws positive attention for - his at-times mindboggling chill dub that he has proven time and again he can make fresh - Prima Materia, Sines and Singularities, Phoenix Rising, even his alter ego's "Dreamtime Submersible" and "Borderlands" show what he can do in different ways.



In many ways, listening to Love Songs to the Source is a bad case of déjà vu - you pretty much know what's coming around each bend and you've heard it before.



"Waiting for Initiation" and "Polychrome Petroglyph" are among my favorite tracks. Of course, these are the ones that sound more at home on one his releases on Aleph Zero. The good news is I think after this album, Bluetech is going to be poised for an exciting return, hopefully of the Aleph Zero variety."