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Originally Posted by greenlight
I did not like this track either. not my cup of tea. it does have that take on late 70ties blurred funk/disco a la Daft Punk style though. speaking about electronic music genres, I like them so much, but more of contemporary, experimental and dark stuff, yeah and would be lying if I say I don't like some classics as well of course.
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I understand. Thanks for listening.
He's no DJ Koze, but Kornél Kovács is a colleague of Axel Boman's, and he's learning. I didn't expect to like his album as much as I do (it takes some balls to name your first album after a track as iconic and epoch-making as Jeff Mills' "the Bells"), but it mixes a few of my choice sounds — namely, exuberant, nostalgic '90s house, and the off-beat whimsy of Koze's Pampa imprint, which has produced some of the weirdes and warmest techno of the decade. I see some room for improvement, but it's a promising debut for sure.
Anyway you say you like electronic music with a darker tone. Maybe this is a dumb or obvious question, but have you listened to Nicolas Jaar's
SIRENS yet?
Certainly my favorite electronic release of the year, and it's only "electronic" out of categorical necessity. A lot of the album pulls directly from post-punk and no wave... there's a great deal of unsampled vocal "singing" (often monotone talk/singing over a beat a la Alan Vega) and it even breaks out into full on soul at the end, complete with live instrumentation. If you haven't already listened to it, I highly recommend it. Jaar is quickly becoming one of the most reliable artists in music, and I think SIRENS is actually better as an
album than Space is Only Noise, even if that record was longer and offered slightly more bang for your buck.