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Problem/Solving
KiloWatts
Problem/Solving
Genre: Dance & Electronic
 
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Fans of IDM and related project such as Plaid, Bola, Boards Of Canada, et. al. will find KiloWatts' electronic manpulations and outstanding addition to their collections. Problem/Solving is an introspective and inspiring ...  more »

     
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All Artists: KiloWatts
Title: Problem/Solving
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Label: artificial music machine
Original Release Date: 1/26/2005
Release Date: 1/26/2005
Genre: Dance & Electronic
Style: Electronica
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 825684000623

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Fans of IDM and related project such as Plaid, Bola, Boards Of Canada, et. al. will find KiloWatts' electronic manpulations and outstanding addition to their collections. Problem/Solving is an introspective and inspiring aural conglomeration of a thousand different experiences, taking sharp turns through calm somber reflection and gutwrenching chaotic confusion - a blend of exquisite melodic structures, lush ambience, and engulfing rhythms. Problem/Solving shows us in CD form exactly how the whole can be more than the sum of its parts. It eloquently captures the myriad dichotomies of the human condition - knowledge and confusion, destruction and creation, reflection and progress... Driving rhythms give way to abstract sonic imagery. Subtle soundscapes mesh seamlessly with playful experimentation. These disparate elements, each masterful in their own right, come together to form nothing less than an inspired sonic journey.
 

CD Reviews

An excellent record...
J. Andy Johnson | Earth, but just barely. | 03/02/2005
(5 out of 5 stars)

"I've been on a huge downtempo kick lately and this purchase came after 3 long days of crate digging here on amazon. A beautiful work with elements of electro, hip hop, downtempo... slightly on the darker tip. I found a few sounbites online under the website... www.artificialmusicmachine.com Give them a listen."
Experimental Electronica
Rebecca Johnson | Washington State | 01/12/2007
(5 out of 5 stars)

"Exciting with experimental urban textures, the rich moods of KiloWatts music has high appeal, especially if you love electronica.



This album occasionally just takes the top of your head off and explodes into ecstatic highs while retaining a deep ocean reverberation. Echoing caves, haunting melodies and sultry beats mingle with tangible notes of refined delicacy.



Just when I thought this album might only be instrumental, a ghostly angel's whispers appeared. The heaviness of the first track melted away into ethereal bliss.



"Algae" is shockingly good and wildly creative. "Enter Lilly" is awash with oceanic textures, waves washing over nature sounds. "Last Horrah" is sensual and exotic with emotionally complex rhythms.



"E Suffix" has warm reverberations and interesting timing with ghostly vocals that mingle with the music in intriguing ways.



What I love most about each track is that is an entirely new world to enjoy and as KiloWatts paints electronic pictures, the art is collectible!



~The Rebecca Review

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Igloo Magazine's REVIEW
Pietro Da Sacco | 12/02/2005
(4 out of 5 stars)

"(...)

(08.25.05) "Two Days Off" lands like a probe android from a distant galactic nebula where light and energy have fused into a pulse wave of pure funk, and this robot is just stomping through my house, pulse-waving my toaster into a dance machine, transmogrifying my refrigerator into a beatbox bubble device and snap-crackle-popping my dishwasher into a radio transmitter capable of sending signals all the way back THERE to let them know he has landed and has started converting this world into a free funk zone. Really. That's the opening for Kilowatts' Problem/Solving.



Kilowatts has tapped into a thick power source, maybe even a fat pipe all the way back to the nearest grid transformer. While light keyboards whistle past you in "Scraped on the Way Out," there's a growling turbine working through some rather heavy angst, banging and thrashing about in the studio in an effort to break free from the sound-proofed room. Kilowatts may be "machine" music but there's a heart full of passion and distemper pushing the buttons on the electronic equipment, playing out tiny instrumental stories of heartache and heartbreak. A wordless voice soars skyward in "Rocketeer," lifting an anthem towards heaven, and the only thing preventing this voice from disappearing into the sky is the digital slice and dice that has been done on its contrail. The voice has too many holes -- too many glitches and hiccups -- to get the lift it needs to escape.



"4am Highway" shuffles in the dust of empty roadways around a deft keyboard melody, a grumbling basso adds weight to the proceedings like the near constant passage of heavy freight trucks rattling on through the night to distant destinations. Dust stirs up in their wake but it doesn't do much more than leave glitter on the top of their sound. "Enter Lily" perambulates through a field of tall grasses with a hint of steel guitar in the wind and the bell-like melody of a old analog keyboard playing to a trio of string players while "E Suffix" returns us to the space music of "Tank Park" with whirls of space dust chiming and ringing off slowly evolving melodies.



Sure, machines can't get pissed off or cry, but they do what we tell them to do. Kilowatts has programmed a room of synthesizers to argue and shout and laugh and weep like a gymnasium of over-excited teenagers. It is cloudbursts of sturm und drang followed by patches of sunlit innocence. It's like being small again and only being able to express yourself with sounds. Big fat sounds with lots of kilowatts."