At Peter's suggestion I went back and relistened to TOKOMAK 2. Here is my extended review.
Track 1: Bronson's Gruv: great bassline and nice synth stab (again sounds a little too much like a preset to me). the thing that ruins this track is all the other percussion (hihats and 909 like claps) chugs like an off kilter horse and ruins any gruv you might have been enjoying at the outset of the track. Filtering to a subtle comeback after the breakdown the track makes all the same mistakes again. Trying to hard to compete with something like Aril Brykha 'Groove La Chord' and coming up short. Track 2: The Rhythm Culture: Horrible claps from the start (reminiscent of some old progressive house records), bad samples (my girlfriend says it sounds like a horrible garbled dog) and even worse the progressive old Terry Lee Brown Jr accented crash cymbals overused to bad effect. Again transparent filtering (enough to make one seasick). I can't say enough bad things about this track. Track 3: Expanding Possibilities: Possibly the best track on TOKOMAK 002. Very old Detroit, with the exception of the annoying use of the the volume fade on the synth. The percussion is by far the grooviest of the three (girlfriend bobs her head up and down to this one). TOO MUCH FILTERING shows the lack of production maturity and ideas. While the breakdowns are short and well nicer than any others, the lack of movement throughout the percussion makes this track just as stale as the others. As they said in Ninja Scroll: 'Power with out Perception is useless and only a tool' todd ----- Original Message ----- From: "peter mueller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Todd Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2001 5:47 PM Subject: Re: [313] TOKOMAK online mp3s > i guess you didn't check out the tracks from the second release (tkm002) ? > if not, doing so maybe will change your view. > > peter > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Todd Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: 313@Hyperreal.Org <313@hyperreal.org> > Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2000 5:28 AM > Subject: Re: [313] TOKOMAK online mp3s > > > : Sounds like they all used the same sample cd, in fact most of the bongo > : patterns are recycled throughout different tracks. > : > : Good tracks for whatever they are worth, no innovation and a distinct > : similarity to too many other tracks out there. > : > : I wasted my time yet again... > : todd > : ----- Original Message ----- > : From: "Christian Bloch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > : To: "313" <313@hyperreal.org> > : Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2001 3:57 PM > : Subject: [313] TOKOMAK online mp3s > : > : > : > maybe someone already posted this??? > : > > : > you can find quite a lot of tracks from the TOKOMAK label at > : > http://mp3.com/tokomak thought that might be of interest to some of > you. > : not > : > exactly my style, but very high quality productions nonetheless. > : > > : > Christian Bloch > : > www.mp3.com/bloch > : > Tresor/LL/Deep Night Essentials/Simple Muzik/Funque Droppings/Set.Go > : > > : > > : > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > : > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > : > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > : > > : > : > : --------------------------------------------------------------------- > : To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > : For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > : > >
