35 of 39 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
A Sonic Masterpiece - Amazing!, Oct 31 2005
By Matthew Kramer "Matty" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Sub Conscious (Audio CD)
I found this group via internet radio (Sama FM) Groovesalad. I have listened to this cd a number of times and to be honest, I sometimes have a hard time getting it out of my cd player. The whole album flows nicely and pretty much every song has something to offer. My personal favorites are the tracks 1 and 2. I highly recomend this disk to anyone that likes dark electronic music with deep baselines. The sample songs on amazon dont even come close to what is being offered here. The songs have great build-up and cool layering melodies. If you are the kind of person that has a nice set of headphones or stereo with full range, I am sure you will have a fixed grin and happy ears for quite some time. If you don't your still in for a treat. A word of causion to those that may listen and drink coffee or redbull while driving - may cause speeding and hyper-activity :)
22 of 24 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Best Kept Secret --- ONE GROUP TO WATCH OUT FOR!, Oct 23 2005
By Steven Shepard - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Sub Conscious (Audio CD)
In my search for truly outstanding & well produced music, I look for 5 things.
1. Variety of style
2. Original Instrumentation & Sounds
3. Music other producers listen to for ideas
4. Cinematic Qualities in scale and quality of sound
5. Lots of transitions, swells, breaks and tempo changes
Phuture primitive gets 4 out of 5 stars due to the immense amount of production value and quality and for hitting all of the above points. If the album was 2 songs longer I would have given it 5 stars. What you get here is quality over quantity. The thing is I didn't want this album to ever stop. The journey it took me on and the images it painted in my mind, the movements my body was guided to do all are great and inspiring. This is the kind of music that will draw people out of a crowd when played in public to ask who the artist is. There is clear evidence that the future is bright for Rain the artist/DJ that makes his debut here. He could easily get into film scoring and soundtrack work. Trevor Rabin and Hans Zimmer in their more contemporary scoring feats fit nicely into This Sub-Conscious groove. My favorite albums in these genres are from "YELLO" Who's music is so well produced and laced with amazing instrumentations and catchy grooves. Phuture Primitive would actually catch the ear of Yello because the work is similar in qulity and production value but slower paced and more ambient.
I am truly moved by this album and my quest is to find more like it, sad to say there are few. If you like big, cinematic ambient, downtempo grooves that constantly change, evolve and surprise you with new hooks and SFX this album is destined to please! My only complaint is I enjoy having more of this music than is currentlty available.
Look for more from this artist and let's hope and empower it to be even better, which might be a bit of a challenge! The bar is pretty high here!
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Devastating, Jan 5 2005
By Grunt Hog - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Sub Conscious (Audio CD)
This disc evokes images of being lost in a steamy jungle in the middle of the night, with unseen beasts and cannibals lurking in the darkness. Dense, beautiful, organic, with a wonderfully dark and sinister undercurrent. An excellent first album, with paralyzingly deep basslines and a great atmosphere throughout; I hope we don't have to wait too long for the next release from this band.