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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
Disappointed, 2 Mar 2007
Hmmm... what to say about the Dextro album, which I rushed out to purchase after reading reviews that likened it to the sublime melodic beauty of Ulrich Schnauss.
Sadly, there is only one word springs to mind and that is 'disappointed'.
There are simply not enough stand out melodies, rhythms or moods on 'Consequence Music' to make this anything like a great album.
I love electronic/mood music, but there are a lot of bands making records like this on their home computers (check out myspace) and very few of them hit the heights of the previously mentioned Schnauss, Boards of Canada et al.
Sorry, this doesn't cut it for me. It isn't bad, but it's just too background and too one dimensional.
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1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
Do you need help? , 6 Mar 2007
Another great piece of work from dextro. Having previously been a fan of the 'Do you need help' 12" on Border Community Recordings I was hoping for a great album, and here it is. This album delivers a depth of sound that is unique to his work, in that there are layers of melody that pile up, and are then pulled from under you. Undeniably uplifting, and yet often moody and solemn, this album will keep you company throughout.
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1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
Inspiring but not inspired, 30 Jan 2007
In recommending this album, a number of reviews have compared Dextro to Aphex Twin and Mogwai. In general, whenever a newspaper columnist name-checks these two acts, it's a sure sign that they think it's quite good but don't know what they're talking about. Sure, it has ambient beats, droning intrumental sounds and indecipherable vocal samples, but there are closer comparisons.
Dextro's album is effectively a homage to Ulrich Schnauss with added spoken word elements. This isn't such a bad thing - I personally count his 2003 album 'A Strangely Isolated Place' among my all-time favourites. Nevertheless, Dextro's release merely creates the impression that you've heard this done before, and the emotive signature themes, while undeniably effective, seem predictable as a result. The other flaw is the length of the tracks, in many cases dragging on to around 8 minutes. This is excusable in anything marketed towards DJs, but for home listening it becomes interminable, and I can't see much of a role for this in a club.
In fairness, there are elements of progress, such as a more liberal use of samples, and a slightly more incisive aspect to some of the tracks that sets them apart from Scnauss' signature aural blur. Some of them could easily be mistaken for tracks by Air, but again, this praise must be tempered with acknowledgement that it's been done before.
If you find yourself impatient for the forthcoming Ulrich Schnauss album, then by all means buy this to fill a hole in your listening schedules. It does combine elements from several artists to move the field along incrementally, but overall the outcome is agreeable rather than revolutionary.
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