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DJ Food - The Search Engine (2012 album)

This is fucking brillinat! - not much far away from the MPB mixes.

HOLY SHIT guys,
The Search Engine by DJ FOOD is really Brilliant! Has anyone else heard this?

I recommend the (expanded & extended web version)

Never heard about this guy, though he seems to be around for quite a while. The source material for the AA remixes is definitely a great track anyway. Will give this a listen.

Ross wrote:

Pandemonium wrote:I can't believe it, Wonky is actually receiving top-notch reviews... everywhere...
Even the What? people like it, according to the comments...

Incredible, isn't it? What a strange world we live in. Mind you, everybody reckoned Barking was the best Underworld record since Second Toughest in the reviews, which it blatantly isn't.
I think most of the people who are giving Wonky positive reviews haven't a clue what made Orbital great in the first place, and just hear this as a 'good dance album' rather than something to rank alongside In Sides, Snivilisation, Brown and Green. Or they're mad/deaf.

Well ....................... I finally got round to hearing this as it was only a couple of quid on Amazon last week. Not quite sure what happened but they seemed to preview, release singles for, and make videos for all the worst tracks on the album. Everything else they kept completely quiet about is really darn good, it's just that it's hidden amongst some really horrible junk (mainly the oh-jesus-no title track). Remove Beelzedub & Wonky (originally I would've also said New France but that's grown on me) and possibly Never just (mainly because of its meanderingness) and you've got a pretty solid album.

Ah. I've heard the whole thing and it still sounds like shite to me. Distractions sounds like the backing track to some pop-urban track, stuff like Straight Sun sounds like the kind of thing I stumble across on Soundcloud made by some kid who's been using Reason for a couple of months... the first track's ok, that's about as much as I can really say about it. It all just sounded really flat and dull. Their 90s stuff has that wonderful huge dynamic sound with the chunky drums and really big analogue synths, and this just sounds like... well, some kid who's been using Reason for a couple of months. Maybe I'll give it another listen in six months to see if anything has changed.

Yeah that's one thing I don't like about it (and the reason why I now turn my nose up a lot of techo-y electronica) and that's how digital the whole thing sounds. It makes it sound really clinical and lifeless and the whole album feel that it's missing something, it's the same reason I haven't really enjoyed anything from the Chemical brothers post the Surrender album - everything after that sounds like tech demos for music softwarre.

It's the same as The Altogether and Blue, they just sound so flat and... kind of anonymous. It's why Stringy Acid stands out (forgot that one last time), as it has all of those old school acid sounds in. Having some warm analogue or acoustic sounds in there is really important unless it's (relatively) abstract in itself, I think.

btw folks....it took quite some time but finally klaus schulze has grown on me

i think i may even like him better than TD

Well, Klaus is definitely better concept-artist than TD,
but TD is more spiritual... dunno, the latest TD albums are very good...

Currently starting to play my way through the latest Terre Thaemlitz album (Soulnessless). This is my playlist -



Yes you read that right ... the last track is 1 day 5 hours 42 minutes 30 seconds long

1 day 5 hours 42 minutes 30 seconds long for a song!!!, :O that´s crazy!!!

Past 7 days:

Air (awesome)
The Brian Jonestown Massacre (they're OK)
Lightships (new project from that Teenage Fanclub guy, real hippie stuff)
FSOL

right now, Pavement - Cut Your Hair

peace out

Deus Ex Human Revolution soundtrack by Michael McCann. Some nice ambient pieces on there

Interesting that you should say that. I gave that soundtrack a listen not too long ago. I think my favorite piece overall would have to be "The Mole" I think it's called.

I'm not sure if its the same piece, but The Mole is one of my favorites,
too sleepy to re-check it now, later...