4.0 out of 5 stars
Music with which to flatten dancefloors, Nov 24 2003
This review is from: Loudboxer (Audio CD)
If your ears aren't ringing by the end of this album, you didn't have the volume high enough. Turn it up and try again. This is music that you have to physically FEEL to fully appreciate.
This is some of the best hard minimal techno that I've heard in a while. There's not a trace of melody - just layers of stiff, atonal sequences that fade in and out, in lockstep to the relentless stomp of the kick drum. It's a little cleaner and a little more calculated than most hard techno, but every bit as tough and uncompromising.
The album is a continuous mix, which works quite well with the style of music; the joins are so seamless that I was unable to tell when one track had ended and the next had begun without checking the CD display. The mix starts out relatively subdued and gets harder and faster as the disc progresses.
Highly recommended to any fan of the genre. (I'd give it five stars, but the first half of the disc is weak compared to the harder second half.)
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5.0 out of 5 stars
WICKED, Oct 21 2002
This review is from: Loudboxer (Audio CD)
Listen. If you are some candy raver dork, then this is not for you. Ain't no happy sunshine and lolly pop musik. HARD, intense techno. First 7 tracks move well, but a little more laid back. Things pick up on track 8, by the middle of track 9 the plaster is coming off the ceiling. IT CRANKS. Pump your fist in air.
This ain't trance.
This ain't house.
This ain't bubble gum pop.
THIS IS SICK TECHNO.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Four and Half Stars...., Aug 2 2002
This review is from: Loudboxer (Audio CD)
Speedy J's 'Loud Boxer' is dope. Similar to Hawtin's 'Decks, EFX, & 909' but a bit more creative(which is good and bad). Speedy does things with sound/noise that are just brilliant. I'm talking about the textures he has surrounding the thumping...sometimes pounding bass and ultra fast multi-layered rhythms. The only thing keeping this from 5 stars for me are the live tracks. They are interesting at first, but don't exactly merit repeat listening. Overall..a great album for anyone's collection. Perfect headphone material.
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