s w e e t b e a t s
june.03.2001 - #648
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artist : Datacide
album : Flowerhead
year : 1995
label : Rather Interesting
genre : Lo-Fi
catalogue : RI026
url : www.datacide.org
quality : CD 192k HQ True Stereo
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01.Flashback Signal 15:55
02.Flowerhead 12:02
03.Deep Chair 14:08
04.So Much Light 12:02
05.Sixties Out of Tune 13:08
05 tracks | 67:15 mins | 92,4 MB
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By the time the third Datacide album was released, a definite
evolution in sound was becoming apparent. Datacide's first album
was made almost 6 years ago and consisted mostly of finely tweaked
studio sessions of nosebleed techno along with a few other
non-pounding but just-as- intense tracks, plus a wonderful
20-minute beatless track named "Mindloop." When the second album
came out on the then-fledgling Fax label, a certain change of pace
could be heard. Differing drastically from previous material,
Datacide II contained several abstract sound collages and a single
foot-stomping cut "Head Dance." For the most part, this album was
made up of beatless pieces containing computer noises and random
synths organized into a lo-fi sci-fi soundtrack for Buddhist
computer programmers. Datacide II was the second disc released by
Fax in '94, and near the end of that year another Datacide album
came out on Atom Heart's new label Rather Interesting. Here we are
in '98 and many strange things have happened since, but this album
is every bit as much of a prize as the day it came out, and perhaps
even more so now. The peculiar thing about Flowerhead is that it
has this certain slow-motion feel to it. Most of the melodies float
and glide at a snail's pace, without sacrificing any detail or
quality. In fact, such a format is favorable for an album like this
because it allows the listener to hear out the fine structure in
the songs. Urban environmental recordings blend a sense of life and
reality within the sequenced electronic layers. And there are
plenty of layers. Quirky intros and extended outro-drifts break up
the the album's content and make it a bit more unpredictable. All
the tracks are beat-oriented chillages soaked in a sort of
retro-60's tripcloud. Ranging from the deep, mysterious vibe of
Flashback Signal to the more loungey orientation of the title track
"Flowerhead," each song has very distinct sound that sets it apart
from the others. Guided by master psychedelegates Atom Heart and
Tetsu Inoue, Flowerhead was an instant sensation in modern ambient
circuits.
--datacide.org
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[BMW]-[Lo-Fi-1995]-(92.4 MB in 5 files of 192kbps Stereo)-[bender@reco