Idealist / Defective Units
| Album: | Defective Units | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Idealist | Added: | Jul 2012 | |
| Label: | Broque Records | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2012-08-12 | Pull Date: | 2012-10-14 | Charts: | RPM/Electronica |
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| Week Ending: | Sep 9 | Sep 2 | Aug 26 | Aug 19 |
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| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Sep 02, 2012: | Pumping Iron
Bad Times |
4. | Aug 22, 2012: | Summer Session
Defective Unit Iii |
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| 2. | Aug 29, 2012: | Summer Session
Defective Unit Iii |
5. | Aug 15, 2012: | Summer Session
Defective Unit Iii |
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| 3. | Aug 23, 2012: | Pumping Iron
Defective Unit Iii |
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Album Review
Jack
Reviewed 2012-07-13
Reviewed 2012-07-13
Idealist: Defective Units
Label: Broque
Zurich-based artist Bernhard Gietz's specialty is acid house. But not just traditional straight-up acid-house. He takes this very niche sound (the 303 tweak) and somehow mixes it with lush synthesizers and doing some other weird things to it, like setting acid to dub & even Latin flavors. The results are unusual, and for acid-house traditionalists like me, I find it unsettling. But the product is pretty good. The standouts are: 1 & 5.
1. Twisted acid-house. Starts raw and grinding but a few minutes in the gentle synths smooth out all the rough edges.
2. Wicked analog acid loop but with the addition of lush & layered synth chords gives this an 80s feel similar to 808 State
3. A stripped-down head-nodder featuring a funky bassline and a simple groove, slightly dubby feel to it
4. Space-y techno with layered synths flittering in & out, various acid effects and a repetitive bassline - doesn't really go anywhere but very trippy though
5. Hm. Acid-house mixed with salsa? I didn't think it was possible but it seems to be the case. Latin-infused percussion and bouncy tempo mixed with the insistent grind of analog 303 tweaking. Good track but very unusual, and I find it would be weird to mix into any DJ set.
Reviewed by Jack@KZSU
Stanford University Radio KZSU 90.1FM
See reviews on http://zookeeper.stanford.edu
Label: Broque
Zurich-based artist Bernhard Gietz's specialty is acid house. But not just traditional straight-up acid-house. He takes this very niche sound (the 303 tweak) and somehow mixes it with lush synthesizers and doing some other weird things to it, like setting acid to dub & even Latin flavors. The results are unusual, and for acid-house traditionalists like me, I find it unsettling. But the product is pretty good. The standouts are: 1 & 5.
1. Twisted acid-house. Starts raw and grinding but a few minutes in the gentle synths smooth out all the rough edges.
2. Wicked analog acid loop but with the addition of lush & layered synth chords gives this an 80s feel similar to 808 State
3. A stripped-down head-nodder featuring a funky bassline and a simple groove, slightly dubby feel to it
4. Space-y techno with layered synths flittering in & out, various acid effects and a repetitive bassline - doesn't really go anywhere but very trippy though
5. Hm. Acid-house mixed with salsa? I didn't think it was possible but it seems to be the case. Latin-infused percussion and bouncy tempo mixed with the insistent grind of analog 303 tweaking. Good track but very unusual, and I find it would be weird to mix into any DJ set.
Reviewed by Jack@KZSU
Stanford University Radio KZSU 90.1FM
See reviews on http://zookeeper.stanford.edu
Track Listing
| 1. | Defective Unit I | 3. | Bad Times | |||
| 2. | Defective Unit Ii | 4. | D-U-F-B | |||
| 5. | Defective Unit Iii | |||||