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Tales...of the funky mechanised future......., December 22, 2008
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Electronica from the golden age. Has that 'futuristic' feel. Cool ambience, starts off mellow yet intriguing. Would've appreciated a little more variation in the (faster) tempo speed toward the end of the album but is still decent stuff from a time when ideas seemed fresher than much of whats out there today.
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Dave Angel - Tales Of The Unexpected, January 19, 2012
This review is from: Tales Of The Unexpected (Audio CD)
How unexpected is Dave Angel's TALES OF THE UNEXPECTED? Well, it's chock full of gorgeous tech-house, so that's not unexpected. Deep grooves and Detroitian melodies? Also expected. The long, jazz-ambient start of "Arabian Nights"? OK, that's unexpected. But it's a perfect intro (fear not, the beat eventually comes in, as expected). Indeed, it's the jazz influence that speaks the loudest, from the atmospheric breaks on "Timeless" to the vocal utterances set to a house thump on "Scatman." But, just in case, he goes back to solid techno with "Over Here" and "It's Too Hot in Here" and smoother Detroit tones with "Bump." Or, you could go with the percussive frenzy of "Be Bop" or martial drumming on "Rudiments." But the mellow grooves of "D.O.B." suit me better, I think. This, however, is not entirely unexpected.
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