Soulhack

Forss | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 9, 2003)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sonar Kollektiv
• ASIN: B00009AHUN
• Also Available in: Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #318,052 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 Great Music Bridges Genres, March 20, 2004

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John Kirk (VANCOUVER, WA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Soulhack (Audio CD)

Melodic yet surprising. Percussive, but with unidentified things struck. Acoustic instruments in an airy studio melded seamlessly with perfectly chosen crossed circuits. Swinging, soulful clicks-and-cuts. I'm not sure from whose head or computer this genius was sprung, and I don't care. It is unique. It punches me in the gut, then sings me to sleep. It is jazz. It is rock. It is IDM. No, forget genres. Music like this needs no label and creates its category. Beautiful. Visceral. Full of hope. Essential for jaded ears and minds.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Energybooster!, September 11, 2003

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Tony Barriatua (Hailey, Idaho United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Soulhack (Audio CD)

I was listening to an internet radio site one night when a tune caught my ears. I looked to see who the artist was and found it. I went to Amazon and searched for Soulhack and ordered right away. What a treat to put it in my CD player! All the percussion hacking, sound bending and mixing that came out of my speakers were driving. Tracks 2 and 4 are my top 2 favs, although all of them are great. I enjoy the extreme contrast and dotting of the music's dialogue that the mixologist puts together whilst staying on a rhythmic beat. Soulhack, I belive, creates a new and exciting section on the ol' music shelves of the world. Mixed jazz fusion is the category I come up with. I guess the closest I can come to painting Soulhack's style is that the groove constantly stops and goes abruptly, leaving the listener with a sense of unbalance. But underneath the contrast of mixing instruments, there lies a constant beat which re-establishes the sense of poise. The poppy snare (brushed at times), the thick upright bass picks and a perfectly separated bass pedal team up to the mixed and bending sounds of the organ and piano. It's loungy, groovy and full of new and exciting sounds to energize the off-the-beaten-path music lover. I can't can't CAN'T just sit there while Soulhack is on. Jazz fusion is fairly new to me and Soulhack definitely gave me a fantastic first impression!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Must Have For Trip Hop/Electro Jazz Enthusiasts!!!, April 29, 2007

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Jeff Androsko "QPRIMITIVE" (The Least Favored Coordinates On Earth) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Soulhack (Audio CD)

If a beautiful, bulimic model ate a ghastly amount of mixer cross-faders and purged herself in a 23rd century, titanium-alloy toilet...this is what it would sound like. If you have any appreciation for the effort, pre and post production, mapping and arrangement of complexed and layered electro-jazz music, then Eric Wahlforss' "Soulhack" is an imperative addition to your repertoire. Notable tracks are the title track, "Soulhack", "Funk For Nerds", "Flicker... honestly...there is no way for me to pick notables off of this album; it oozes with ambience and there are surprises around every corner. To save you from more synopsis, I will say this: "Soulhack" by Forss is an essential. Buy it. Play it. Let it eat your brain.