Release : Matthew Dear - Asa Breed Black Edition
Artist : Matthew Dear
Album : Asa Breed Black Edition
Genre : Electronic
Source : CDDA
Label : Ghostly International
URL : http://www.matthewdear.com
Date : 00-00-2008
Encoder : LAME 3.97 / -V2 --vbr-new
Quality : 170kbps 44100 kHz Joint Stereo
Tracks : 16
Time : 56:51 min
Size : 70.08 MB
1 Fleece On Brain 4:16
2 Neighborhoods 3:10
3 Deserter 3:56
4 Shy 3:44
5 Feat Mobius Band - Elementary Lover 3:19
6 Don And Sherri 3:25
7 Will Gravity Win Tonight 2:41
8 Tom Tom 2:39
9 Death To Feelers 2:47
10 Give Me More 2:41
11 Midnight Lovers 4:28
12 Good To Be Alive 3:48
13 Vine To Vine 3:27
14 Deserter (Four Tet Remix) 5:45
15 Don And Sherri (Hot Chip Version) 4:16
16 You Know What I Would Do (Deserter EP Exclusive) 2:29
-------------------------Taken from a review:
Think of this, if you will, as a revised repeat of sorts, combining the original
version of Dear's Asa Breed album with Four Tet and Hot Chip remixes lifted from
the accompanying Don and Cherri EP, plus 'You Know What I Would Do', formerly
exclusive to the Deserter 10" EP.* It seems hard to believe that it's been a
full four years since Matthew Dear's debut album "Leave Luck To Heaven" first
hit the shelves, and while "Asa Breed" is a long time coming as a follow-up,
it's not as if he's pulled a Chinese Democracy on us, he has afterall been very
active on the 12" front, especially under his Audion alias. Dear proves to be
something of an expert at the long-form release though, with Asa Breed not just
equalling the creative successes of LLTH but exceeding them at every turn.
Perhaps the reason Dear is so able to find success with the album format is that
he never restricts himself to the confines of straight-up techno, the presence
of his charismatic vocal throughout the record means that the album is rooted in
song structure. Recent single 'Deserter' really hammers that message home : it's
an all-electronic affair, and Dear's production talents are as much in evidence
here as they've ever been, it's just that there's a great big shoegazing chorus
running through the thing. 'Neighbourhoods' will be more instantly familiar to
long-term Dear fans, its loose and easy Detroit beats combined with those
hallmark, quirky synth riffs demonstrate everything that made his debut album,
and for that matter, the follow-up Backstroke EP so addictive. One of the
boldest, strongest statements Dear makes is the brevity of some of the tracks,
the majority of which hover around the three-minute mark, which again pays
tribute to the producer's song-oriented sensibilities. It's rare for a seasoned
microhouse producer to be so disciplined when it comes to durations, but in
terms of sequencing an album, it's an extremely smart move. In the final phase
of the record, Dear drops the beats for tracks like 'Give Me More' and album
closer 'Vine To Vine', the latter of which taps into a thread of Johnny
Cash-inspired Americana you could liken to Bill Callahan without making too much
of a stretch. Ever the maverick, amongst tracks of that ilk Dear throws in the
rather wonderful 'Good To Be Alive' as a final reminder of what he does best:
laying down some seriously beautiful techno, all the while asserting his own
distinctive character across the production. Very good indeed.
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Enjoy this brilliant black edition with exclusive tracks not out yet!