Instrmntl (+1 Bonus Track) [Import]

Dabrye | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 29, 2002)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Tokuma
• ASIN: B000068P76
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,235,259 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Blurring the Distinction between "Trip-Hop, Downbeat, IDM".., November 14, 2003

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fetish_2000 (U.K.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Instrmntl (+1 Bonus Track) (Audio CD)

Dabrye is "Tadd Mullinix", a relatively unknown Intelligent dance music producer of some quite considerable ability. (His two albums are highly sought after, and incredibly difficult to buy). His closest comparisons would be "DJ Krush" & "Prefuse 73", mixing the beat programming of Krush, with the Cut N Paste (and Glitch) of Prefuse 73. But Dabrye isn't a weak copy of these artists, as his music, and more importantly his imagination easily matches (and in a few cases surpasses) his peers. Opener "Intrdctn" starts with a hypnotic bass kick sample, and delicate keyboards that instantly demands the listeners attention....but then fades out after 1:13 into the song, almost as if to say "This is just a introduction....this isn't what I'm going to use as full songs". "Won" holds a mesmerizing laid back trip-hop beat structure (think Nightmares on Wax), before halfway though, sounding out with a truly sublime flute sample that crosses over into Electronica territory. "Evelyn" coaxes a warm production from Dabrye, by subtly cutting up samples and layering in simple keyboards aesthetics with and thick and progressive drum kick that produces a sound a million miles away from Electronica's occasionally cold arrangments. The emphasis throughout the album is predominantly downbeat, with each track the soundtrack to a multitude of lounging late night tales. Undeniably quirky...resolutely unconventional, irresistibly catchy, and infuriatingly brief (the running time is under ½ hour), but almost certainly a abstract classic.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic Future Hip Hop, June 3, 2005

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Beatz "Beatz" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Instrmntl (+1 Bonus Track) (Audio CD)

Dabrye, Skew, Prefuse 73 and diplo can do no wrong right now. I love this album and can't wait for his new record two / three

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars BEATS! Yummy beats! smoothing, soothing shake it baby..., March 3, 2003

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Jonathan Gorsky (Seattle, WA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Instrmntl (+1 Bonus Track) (Audio CD)

Taking in the rhythms deeply feeling the warm tones and juicy bass rumble my steps. I'm feelin some retro/new-skool hip hops. Yay I love it when people say "Dabrye is a graduate of the college of Scott Herren." Beats to git on up to! I couldn't keep from shakin my booty throughout, especially "won" and "evelyn" all in its brilliancy and depth within the beats.