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review! by Fussbett 03/27/2003, 4:40pm PST
Fullofkittens wrote:

electronica

Do any fans of electronic music actually call it electronica?

Anyway, I'm not very familiar and not a fan of the style as well, but here is my outsider review: A lazy Danny Elfman meets a white Aphex Twin.

I know Aphex Twin is white, but while Richard gets dirrty, your fingernails remain scared of latino B&E thugs. Not just in the style, but even down to your selection of drum sounds. Anemic across the board. The Elfman aspect of course comes from your choice of loopy fun pizzicato strings that say "soundtrack", which I suppose is what you were shooting for. I say lazy because the song never veers from the one thing you establish at the beginning.

I'd call the song "Breakdown". I know you admitted that it's full of clichés, but the breakdown probably shouldn't be used three times in one 3 minute track regardless of genre. Even one breakdown is suspicious, while two says "I'm out of ideas". Speaking of which, should I count the ending as a fourth breakdown or should I ask you "Hey, when are you going to finished this song?"

In closing, I'd never listen to this song again, but if it was my first attempt at the genre, I'd certainly be proud of it.
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My latest. Is this supposed to be in CV, or here? by Fullofkittens 03/27/2003, 3:44pm PST NEW
    review! by Fussbett 03/27/2003, 4:40pm PST NEW
        Re: review! by FoK 03/27/2003, 5:13pm PST NEW
            More gay descriptions of musical ideas. by Fussbett 03/28/2003, 4:53am PST NEW
        Re: review! by Entropy Stew 03/27/2003, 5:52pm PST NEW
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