| UNDERWORLD Oblivion with Bells Overall Score: 10.0/10.0 Contributor: len January 25, 2008 |
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I can still vividly remember driving
through Idaho Springs after finding an
FM Station with good music, then 'Busy
Child' from Crystal Method's 'Vegas'
album came on. I had been listening to
some independent electronic music on
the original version of mp3.com at the
time but this cemented me into the
genre.
The first Underworld album I heard was
"Beaucomp Fish" which is consistent
with its hard beats and driving melodies.
It wasn't this album that convinced me
to scour all pre-itunes options for their
entire catalogue.
through Idaho Springs after finding an
FM Station with good music, then 'Busy
Child' from Crystal Method's 'Vegas'
album came on. I had been listening to
some independent electronic music on
the original version of mp3.com at the
time but this cemented me into the
genre.
The first Underworld album I heard was
"Beaucomp Fish" which is consistent
with its hard beats and driving melodies.
It wasn't this album that convinced me
to scour all pre-itunes options for their
entire catalogue.
The catalyst for my infatuation with this band was the album "Second Toughest in the Infants". With
classics like 'Cowgirl' and 'Pearls Girl' it is by far the best balance of hard driving rhythms and
mesmerising vocalizations. The one song on Beaucomp Fish with the same character is Jumbo and
I must have every remix of that song.
Underworlds earlier work includes a club classic 'Born Slippy (Nuxx)' and it tends to be more dance
oriented with some atmospheric electronica.
Their later work's like "A Hundred Days Off" tend to carry two themes forward from the earlier
music. The continue with the hard driving almost dance tunes and then with a few electronica
atmospheric trance selections.
There are always a larger number of bass, rhythm intense pieces with the standard vocalizations
they have become known for and a classic illustration of this on their new album, "Oblivion with
Bells" is the tune "Ring Road", an instant favorite of mine. The new album is mostly rhythmic tunes
with atmospheric experimentation. In Ring Road there is the almost oriental background, while
classic electronica atmospheres occupy "Crocodile", "Beautiful Burnout", and "Glam Bucket".
Surprisingly, there are repeat experimentations with back beat staccato sounds like in their
previous single "Bruce Lee". "Holding the Moth", "Boy, Boy, Boy", and "Best Mamgu Ever" follow
this pattern.
"To Heal", "Cuddle Bunny vs. Celtic Villages", and "Good Morning Cockerel" carry on the Hundred
Days Off experimenting with completely atmospheric songs.
I have favorites already but unlike on A Hundred Days Off, the atmospheric songs occupy less
prominence and are more transitional. Since I am first drawn in by the harder sounds, that is fine
by me.
len
classics like 'Cowgirl' and 'Pearls Girl' it is by far the best balance of hard driving rhythms and
mesmerising vocalizations. The one song on Beaucomp Fish with the same character is Jumbo and
I must have every remix of that song.
Underworlds earlier work includes a club classic 'Born Slippy (Nuxx)' and it tends to be more dance
oriented with some atmospheric electronica.
Their later work's like "A Hundred Days Off" tend to carry two themes forward from the earlier
music. The continue with the hard driving almost dance tunes and then with a few electronica
atmospheric trance selections.
There are always a larger number of bass, rhythm intense pieces with the standard vocalizations
they have become known for and a classic illustration of this on their new album, "Oblivion with
Bells" is the tune "Ring Road", an instant favorite of mine. The new album is mostly rhythmic tunes
with atmospheric experimentation. In Ring Road there is the almost oriental background, while
classic electronica atmospheres occupy "Crocodile", "Beautiful Burnout", and "Glam Bucket".
Surprisingly, there are repeat experimentations with back beat staccato sounds like in their
previous single "Bruce Lee". "Holding the Moth", "Boy, Boy, Boy", and "Best Mamgu Ever" follow
this pattern.
"To Heal", "Cuddle Bunny vs. Celtic Villages", and "Good Morning Cockerel" carry on the Hundred
Days Off experimenting with completely atmospheric songs.
I have favorites already but unlike on A Hundred Days Off, the atmospheric songs occupy less
prominence and are more transitional. Since I am first drawn in by the harder sounds, that is fine
by me.
len
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