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Home Movies From the Brain Forest

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Adam Dorn's electrobeaty lullibies lull me into wondrous states that I haven't visited in a long time, and I listen to LOTS of electronic music. A MUST HAVE. My friends (the ones who don't listen to much electronic/avant garde music) LOVE this. The fact that this CD is so diverse is a testament to his originality.

Check this guy out if you're a fan of progressive drum and bass at all or just like good music. He takes the best elements of the Good Looking crew's style synth-washed ambience and combines it with the hard beats and analog sounds of a squarepusher or a mu-ziq. I read about him in a videogame magazine of all places. One of the most overlooked jungle pioneers out there, and certainly America's best drum and bass artist.

That's it. Adam Dorn has finally brought his years of experience and experimentation in the music business to bear on a single project. Warmly devised, Home Movies works in a very personal way, an almost avuncular way, which very few purely electronic albums can. This is an album that transcends sub-sub-sub genres, and so there is little point in categorizing, aside from the obvious perspective of market positioning. Never one for marketing anything, I just dig it because it works. The perfect definition of an accomplished work of art in any discipline or style: it works. And that's it.

Some of the most tasty and organic break-beats this side of Spring Heel Jack or y-ziq.

This album, along with Squarepusher's Hard Normal Daddy, and Amon Tobin's Permutaion, make a great collection of jazz-influenced drum-n-bass. No other electronic artists (besides me, and maybe Spacetime Continuum) capture the true improvisational essence of jazz like these 3 guys. All 3 afore mentioned CDs are incredible works, and will move your mind just as much as your body...

I used to HATE electronic music. But it's guys like Mocean Worker that truly make you appreciate the creativity and originality of the genre. I picked this album up because I read good things, and boy, is it good. The first track, "What's Wrong", is a beautiful start to this album and is just a preview of the immense amount of variety and skill that Mocean Worker puts into this album. Why 4 stars? Well, it ain't perfect, but it's extremely close to it. If you're a fan of a lot of different music styles, you'll definitely dig this album, and if you like it, his second album is definitely worth picking up, although it's not as awesome as this one is. Highly recommended; mad props to Mocean Worker!

After reading the more positive reviews, I thought this would surely be one of those "different, but good" new sounds for me. Not at all, I didn't enjoy it at all. It has no what I might call SOUL in it...in otherwords, it is the same thing over and over again and sounds like background music to a murder mystery or very sad love story. I don't recommend buying it without listening to it.