From: Wesley (wesleyhongkong@earthlink.net)
Date: Fri Nov 08 2002 - 22:17:35 CET
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Album Review :: Yoshinori Sunahara/Lovebeat
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SoundLounge
source: KindaMuzik
YOSHINORI SUNAHARA | LOVEBEAT
CD, Bungalow / EFA
One wonders how many albums like these momentarily appear in the
slipstream of techno. Albums that are extremely well produced, every
sound possessing a certain correctness yet without that mysterious spark
that leads to true greatness. On Lovebeat Sunahara presents a rather
pleasurable downtempo form of techno, interlaced with neat spiraling
sound effects, light touches of echo (as on the exemplary Balance) and a
host of computer-generated voices. Again one images minimalist
apartments, the enlightened worker enjoying the fulfillment of
work-as-play while her thoughts occasionally drift through the music.
The artwork consisting of weird diagrams and puzzling slogans suggest a
depth the music never mirrors. Ultimately Lovebeat suffers from a
quality that keeps recurring in a lot of recent releases: it's just too
polite. The New Politeness seems to be upon us.
by Omar Munoz-Cremers
-- Jazz in Japan [Sound :: Lounge] http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SoundLounge
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