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T.I.M.E Soundtrack

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This soundtrack brings a much more tasteful flavor to This Is My Element than the usual ska/rock soundtracks you hear associated with "extreme" sports, reminding us that for those who skate daily, it is just a part of their lives. Nosdam's tunes are warm, fuzzy, and easygoing, with a slight sense of repetition, and slow beats that maintain the idea of one in their element, perfectly at ease.

Standout tracks for me are 'Fly Mode', 'Top Rank', 'Ethereal Slap', 'One for Dallas' and 'T.I.M.E. Out'. Given that I've chosen roughly half the tracks as 'standout', you can see this is a very listenable album overall. I personally can't get enough of Nosdam's sound. His signature growly bass is so intoxicating!

Money well spent, in my opinon. The film 'This Is My Element' is also quite interesting. Check it out.

The coupling of fast, screaming guitars and skate/snowboard/ski videos is a puzzling marriage. Thankfully, Element Skateboards agrees and hired a more suitable artist, David Madson aka Odd Nosdam, to take on the challenge of crafting the soundtrack for "polyurethane pounding pavement". Madson's signature work, full of bit-reduced thumps, backwards scratches, minimal melodies and gravelly textures, already lends itself to slow motion, smoked-out apparitions - so why not? Each track is assigned a different skater (i.e. Bam Margera, Mike Barker, Levi Brown), Madson's machines chugging behind rail slides, gnarly missteps and otherwise outrageous tricks with bastard dub ("Time Machine"), Middle-Eastern inspired drones ("Top Rank"), gritty slide guitar and near-rock stomps (""We Bad Apples"), chalky flutes ("Root Loop") and synthetic, slash and burn string swells ("Fly Mode"). A stellar mix of interesting sounds, hooks and finger-tapping beats, Madson's music might actually get you on your own decrepit half-pipe. Keep those crutches ready.

One for Dallas. For all u side stepping guys and gals out there. Never thought i'd use that description for an Odd release.
This release is funny. It was created probably during the same period as Level Live Wires. But this one (after a few listens) is way more sparse. The samples are oblique and dusty. The beats are fierce. At 33 minutes, its a little on the short side, but Odd puts a lot of energy in a little bit of tape. Was this recorded to tape Odd Nos? Maybe do it on the computer? at any rate: I loved this record. It's pabst blue ribbon.