Profound Sounds 1

Josh Wink, Sylk 130 | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 13, 1999)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sony
• ASIN: B00000JKPH
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #215,416 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The bomb!, October 8, 1999

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And you know this man! (jonathan_mexico@yahoo... (Phoenix) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Profound Sounds 1 (Audio CD)

I first saw Josh Wink at an underground party my roommate threw in Columbus. He tore the place down even though he started playing at 8am. I've been waiting to see him again live. Yeeeehaaa! He's coming to Phoenix next month. This album is absolutely phenomenal. It's what's right about techno. He let's you every aspect of the dance-relax spectrum is on this album. For your pure listening enjoyment...or even to shake your booty till dawn, buy this album. I have over 400 cds and this one is a classic that I will certainly listen to over and over

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Delectable Dark house favoring form over function, April 23, 2003

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Richard Diaz - See all my reviews

This review is from: Profound Sounds 1 (Audio CD)

In the liner notes of his album, Josh Wink explains the importance of mix tapes in his life, as an educational tool and learning experience of new forms of music. As his audience, he now tries to make mix tapes to achieve, "musical diversity...and to hear what's going on in the DJ's head." Apparently, Wink has been thinking about dark, often minimal, house music, and a flawless mix, even if it costs that diversity he so values.
Have no doubt that this is a professional production; the mixing is tight and unnoticeable, and most songs have been reworked to fit the aesthetic he strives for. The sound, while dark, minimal and mostly devoid of vocals, is still lively and engaging, a crafty paradox that makes this disc so successful. Meaning, for every percolating track like, "What's the time, Mr. Templar," you get the flitting chimes of "Vol. 1" by Care Company. When the album hits a bit of a drone in the middle (track 7's "Pop Culture") it quickly follows with the fly-girl attitude fun of "K-mart Shopping."

Yet striving for sound purity and technical quality does come with a trade-off; by choosing form, the function of music is compromised. It's dance music that's more engaging than exciting.

All that said, it's still a remarkable piece that holds to its vision and forges a new sound; it just prefers to be dance art rather than dance music.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars beautiful, delicate, simple, September 24, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Profound Sounds 1 (Audio CD)

really a masterpiece, pure minimal ecstacy. completely simple but yet complexly arranged. sex on a CD