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: Artist: Donna Summer :
: Title.: This Needs to Be Your Style :
: Label.: Irritant :
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: Genre...: Electronic :░░░:
: Rel.date: 00-08-2003 :░░░:
: Rip.date: 13-10-2003 \ :░░░ /
: Size....: 65,1 MB \_:___/
: Bitrate.: 192kbps /__ \
: Source..: CDDA /.. \ |
: Software: EAC / LAME \/\_/ |
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: 01. The Magnanimous [04:54] :
: 02. What You Truly Need [04:12] :
: 03. Prog's Not Dead [02:58] :
: 04. The Stenberg Brothers [01:09] :
: 05. We Call it 'the Box' [03:04] :
: 06. Accept the Cheap [03:23] :
: 07. Heels Over Head [03:00] :
: 08. Melodrama in Transformation [02:14] :
: 09. Possibly Useless [03:39] :
: 10. Vancrashing [04:22] :
: 11. Time and Its Other [08:35] :
: 12. The Man Who Was Thursday [05:49] :
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:[ RELEASE INFO ] :::
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: "As a descriptive signifier, the term IDM never :
: made much sense to me. Playing-up the :
: reclusive-genius schtick to such an extent that :
: some of these cats look like :
: Unabombers-in-training, its major artists have :
: catered to one primary fanbase-- reclusive :
: shut-ins and undersexed college kids-- by :
: maximizing the I and M whilst largely ignoring :
: the D (all respect to Ludacris, yo). The brooding :
: dourness of the scene hasn't just disregarded :
: dancing, though, as many of the major players in :
: the game focus on abstraction to the extent that :
: visceral reaction of any sort is out of the :
: question. In shot, this record did not make me :
: dance. :
: :
: His music might not encourage conventional :
: dancing, but Donna Summer (obviously not the :
: diva) doesn't suffer idle head-bobbing lightly. A :
: balding, slightly overweight journalist and WFMU :
: DJ named Jason Forrest, Summer works in a manner :
: encompassing every IDM-trend to come along in the :
: past decade-- drill-n-bass, gabba, :
: tigerbeat6-esque laptop trickery, :
: plunderphonics-- all are fair game for Summer to :
: destroy and recontextualize. Part of a loose :
: collective of sample-fiends, including Giorgio :
: Marauder (AKA END) and Duran Duran Duran, all :
: working under the nom de electronique "cock-rock :
: disco," Summer and crew are proponents of what :
: Forrest refers to in a recent Vice Magazine piece :
: as "the new computer music." Musically speaking, :
: these acts have little to do with traditional :
: disco, and while computers surely factor in :
: heavily, things never get too tech-geeky. :
: Performance-wise, however, the banner starts to :
: make sense-- playing out all over Europe to :
: sold-out audiences, they (and Summer in :
: particular) have become renowned as much for :
: their flamboyant, confrontational shows as for :
: their challengingly appealing music. :
: :
: Listening to This Needs to Be Your Style, :
: Summer's second release (following the To All :
: Methods Which Calculate Power EP), is :
: disorienting at first: imagine your favorite DJ :
: scratching and crossfading between your local :
: best-of-the-80s radio station and a Hrvastki :
: record, and you're getting close. Summer :
: assembles tracks almost solely from samples, :
: albeit with a heavy DSP coating. Like John :
: Oswald's Plunderphonics approach (Summer is an :
: admitted Oswald fiend), his tracks blatantly :
: taunt copyright laws, though his sample choices :
: surprisingly avoid the esoteric in favor of more :
: obvious pop-based sources. :
: :
: As a result, and despite the avant-garde :
: construction, a pop feel permeates many of the :
: tracks-- "What You Truly Need" is loaded with :
: fragmented call-and-response vocal cuts, horn :
: stabs, and radio-funk palm-muted guitar chugging, :
: while "We Call It 'The Box'" flays hip-hop :
: conventions, coasting on 808 hits and what sounds :
: like a sample from Planet Patrol's :
: rollerskating-rink classic "Play At your Own :
: Risk". Things get even more pop on "Heels Over :
: Head", during which Summer inverts the classic :
: Go-Go's single. Intercut by a sample of the :
: organ-buildup from J. Geils' "Freeze Frame", :
: Summer rips "Head Over Heels" apart at the seams, :
: leaving the signature melodic hook intact as a :
: basis over which to splatter drill-n-bass :
: heroics. :
: :
: The "rock" part of the "cock-rock disco" equation :
: does shine through on two of the album's most :
: technically impressive cuts. The album's :
: structural masterwork, "Prog's Not Dead" lives up :
: to its title, as 13/8 time signatures fly by at a :
: disarming pace. Unfortunately, the track also :
: succumbs to the traps of the genre at which it :
: slyly winks-- this is surely digital-virtuosity :
: of the highest-order, but like even the best :
: prog-rock, the musical-masturbation tires :
: quickly. Summer fares better on "Accept the :
: Cheap", where elaborate polyrythms and video :
: games plinks clash with metal guitar riffing, :
: truly fulfilling the promise of his vision of :
: this "cock-rock disco." :
: :
: Full of enough copyright-abusing fellatio to :
: choke Kid 606's pussycat, This Needs to Be Your :
: Style shreds through familiar hooks with such :
: blinding pace that their origin can only be :
: discerned after repeated listens. Like Max :
: Tundra's Mastered By Guy At the Exchange, this is :
: a pop record at heart, loaded with familiar blips :
: of melody and rhythm, but filtered through the :
: perspective of something truly rare: a :
: hyperactive IDM'er who really just wants to :
: RAWK." :
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: http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/d/do :
: nna-summer/this-needs-to-be-your-style.shtml :
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