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The State I am In

donkeye | all up in your face | 11/02/2001

(5 out of 5 stars)

"It's dark out and I'm so lonely and I can't remember if I've already reviewed this album and I feel like one of those men you bristle at when seeing them flipping through cd's and lp's at your local indie record store, because they look so underfed and yet so full of an inflated sense of self-worth, because, when they finally decide to buy something it is this:The newest Brothomstates album, the first full one for Warp after and absolutely spanking good EP (it's really a freakishly good EP), and an internet exclusive ep on this boy's website. It's called Claro and it is, I must admit, an astonishingly crisp, gorgeous free wheeling garden delight of an album.Brothomstates is the heir to Warp now that Aphex is rumored to be on his way out. Good riddance tank boy, your music is good, but it's time to let this fierce Fin (he's from Finland!) take over. There's something really fine about the fusion of all the past Warp roster on this disc which is both mesmerizing, and suddenly, totally original. To say that it sounds like a cross between Autechre and Boards of Canada, would be only a limiting gesture. It's true, those influences are heard, but there's something else here, something no one else has touched.Brothomstates is original, pristine, netherworlds.As a part of being an card carrying member of the elitist snob club that makes up the large portion of the purchasing power of underground music, I am also allowed one music related dream a month. And this month's was a dream in which I discovered the meaning of the word Brothomstates. It was a brilliant revelation, and I felt I'd learned something. Just as I did when I first heard this masterpiece, my dream told me something about life in the Now and Here.Naturally, when I awoke, it was lost to me, and the word Brothomstates still means nothing to me. The sparse, tricky landscape of Brothom is worth visit."

Worth Hearing

Brian J. Roach | Brooklyn, NY United States | 06/13/2002

(4 out of 5 stars)

"If you are a fan of the mid 90's Warp Records sound, intelligent techno with beautiful melodies, then you'll enjoy this. Although it's very modern sounding, the beats and rhythms are very IDM influenced, he has not forgotten the importance of the haunting and melodic keyboard lines. Well done!"

Brothom-who?

Josh | Somewhere, United States | 09/27/2002

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Okay, this guy kinda came out of nowhere, but being on the Warp label, I had to check it out. And very impressed was I. I won't compare him to the likes of Autechre (being as how NO ONE can be compared to them), etc. This album just kind of stands on its own as a collection of masterful pieces of music. Maybe that's a bit of an exagerration, but it is very well done nonetheless. The only reason I knocked a star off was because of the fact that, though well done, it is missing something. I can't put my finger on it, which kind of makes this review a bit useless . . .but, oh well. Pick this up though if you enjoy funky beats with good (though a bit melancholy) melodies. Yup, yup."