8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Just one more excellent cd from Paradinas, March 8, 2001
This review is from: In Pine Effect (Audio CD)
While not perfect, this is certainly a nice little disc.
Starting out with a pretty simple little bass note, you can tell this is gonna be something special just the way it slowly builds. After the initial few seconds, a nice kicking drum beat comes in and basically continues through for the rest of the album. The best word to describe the entire piece of "crunchy". Great texture with the drums, nice beats, good melody.
Definite highlight of the disc, however, is 'Phiesope'. The guitar strumming and nice bassline gets this song placed on repeat quite often. If in doubt about u-Ziq's talent or whether or not you should get this album, just find yourself a copy of this song somehow and listen away. Question answered.
It's not without it's flaws, however. After a while, the disc becomes somewhat repetetive. Not horribly so, but enough that it's noticeable.
Track 8, "Mr. Angry", is simply one of the worst songs I've ever heard. While the song structure and whatnot isn't all that bad, the main portion of the song, featuring a man screaming out something unintelligible, is quite unbearable. It warrants a 'Skip Track' every single time now.
The first half of the disc, up to Phiesope, is by far the better portion. There's a few gems in the latter half as well, particularly the title track and Problematic (featuring a wonderful, almost Old West even, piano bit to start it off).
If you like u-Ziq's other work, you'll certainly enjoy this. If you're new to the man, try the Brace Yourself EP first, chances are you'll get into it much easier than this. But don't ignore this disc, which is often underrated as I've found.
Go for it, it's good!
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
I 1st heard the song"Phiesope" playing in a record store., December 2, 2003
This review is from: In Pine Effect (Audio CD)
When I was Dj ing for a living I would frequent record stores every week looking for music for my set and personal collection. The song "Phiesope" which is track 7 on this disc, came on over the store speakers. I went up to the counter and asked "who is this? It turned out to be u-ziq. I bought it that day and incorperated the song "Phiesope" into my Dj set, usually at the beggining of the night to ease my crowd into a dance mood. The song is so well done with is guitar strumming and total heavy "shoegaze/manchester" beat. I love this song and really enjoy others on the record. They are trax 1,2,3,7, and even track 8 "Mr. Angry" which features a heavy beat with this trippy grandfather clock chime timed into the beat. There is this dude screaming which under the right mood, or circumstance can kinda scare you. But it is a original song. I got the chance to see U-ziq perform live twice. Once in Hollywood and once at the Coachella Fest in Indio CA. He is very talented and I am a big fan! You should get this cd! PK
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
potent music, March 19, 1999
This review is from: In Pine Effect (Audio CD)
For anyone who's heard mu-ziq's other recordings, I can define "In Pine Effect" as, well, in-between. Not as experimental and free-form as "Lunatic Harness," yet not as boring as static as "Bluff Limbo." Not all of the tracks are great--but the first half of the album is incredible. A good introduction to Mike Paradinas's music.
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