Search - Triola :: Im Funftonraum

Cold, meticulous, ambient. Highly recommended.

R. Barnes | Philly | 10/05/2008

(4 out of 5 stars)

"I have been aware of and been a fan of IDM music for years but sadly only discovered the Kompact record label recently. It turns out, that I was missing out on a LOT of good material. This disc is just one of dozens of gems released by the Kompact Label. I am not sure I can do a good job describing the music, so I will just flesh out the title of my review a bit. The album is cold (in a good way). It definitely has that "music by machines for machines" feel you get when listening to groups like Solvent. It is meticulous. When listening to this, you get the feeling that the producer painstakingly and lovingly crafted the music. With today's technology, you could probably crank out a half dozen knock offs of this album in an afternoon (and some producers do seem to crank out their forgettable music just that fast). However, this doesn't sound like it was just thrown together by a person with a laptop and some audio programs.



I would recommend this to fans of early Black Dog (before Wagon Christ split off), Basic Channel Records, Solvent, Pole, and Warp's Artificial Intelligence series. Fans of Aphex Twins Ambient works may also find this of value."