the dutch about the ideal condition
Posted: Sat Jun 23, 2007 6:53 pm
you figure out what it means...
naah, i'll translate it for you.
. When they don't like something, they usually really tell it.
I do think that the Smith track is great, vocal wise as well as musically.
naah, i'll translate it for you.
well, they where quite nice.Orbital is no more, But Paul Hartnoll Still is! The man who played an important roll in British electronic music with his older brother Phil, won't be stopped and shows us his first solo album. Then of course it's a matter of "find the difference with the orbital-output" because we are pesky like that.
now: the continuity is still there, in the way of typically stapled beats for instance, but Hartnoll also tries new ways. noticeable is the use of a full orchestra in some of the songs, where the synthesizers even are switched of at some parts.
There always was influence of minimal composers like Steve Reich in Orbital's music, and translated to the orchestral workaround it won't do something enormously shocking. But Hartnoll has e certain melodic flair and film like qualities of older times also play a big part.
It's like fondant for the ears, nice to listen to, but not too much. Less nice are the vocal contributors, of which Robert smith is really toe curling. But all by all: Nice Comeback!
. When they don't like something, they usually really tell it. I do think that the Smith track is great, vocal wise as well as musically.
. The Whip remix of Please makes the best of a dodgy track and actually sounds more classically Hartnollish! 
