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Music CD - Plastikman: Consumed
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Music CD: Consumed
Artist: Plastikman
List Price: $11.98
Our Price: $7.80
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Manufacturer: Mute U.S.
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Tracks:
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1. Contain
2. Consume
3. Passage (in)
4. Cor Ten
5. Convulse (sic)
6. Ekko
7. Converge
8. Locomotion
9. In Side
10. Consumed
11. Passage (out)
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0724596304822
Label: Mute U.S.
Manufacturer: Mute U.S.
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Mute U.S.
Release Date: 1998-05-19
Studio: Mute U.S.
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Summary: soundtrack to overcast innerscapes
Comment: This CD needs to be listened to on a high quality system to be enjoyed. Lingering in the immediately apparent aural landscape is not enjoyable: the surface is repetitive and, being mostly devoid of progression, boring. One must isolate sounds and then listen beneath them. Listening to this, really listening, is a bit like going on a guided tour of a complex landscape. Meditative music in the sense that it must be meditated upon to be appreciated.
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Summary: a dark turn for the king of acid
Comment: Get consumed.
And I don't just mean get the cd. This is a dark, atmospheric album; gone are the 303's of plastikman past. The basis for many of these tracks is bass bass and more bass; synths float over the darkness like will'o'wisps(for a surreal otherworldly experience, listen to this album through a good pair of sealed full-size headphones).
I don't recommend this album for someone who's just starting off with their plastikman experience (it may turn them off; it's very very dark). It is an amazing album, and an incredible addition to the fantastic catalog of the master that is Richie Hawtin.
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Summary: dark? er, are you sure mate?
Comment: i love this album, i put it on for yoga, train commutes, housework, the lot. some of it is melancholy,yes, but some of it i find really uplifting and spacious - easy on the ear even. i guess you have to appreciate minimal ambient type techno-ish stuff to like it.
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Summary: Even better than Closer
Comment: this is easily the best Plastikman CD. Contain is an absolute masterpiece. The deep, deep bass will make your heart palpitate. Funny how themain amazon reviewer says this "Foregoes rattling buzz bass." Doesn't seem to to me, if anything this is Hawtin's bassiest CD ever. Just listen to that throb on "Locomotive," or "In Side."
Music seems like it would go well with 2001: A Space Oddyssey, and that's not just because of the packaging.
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Summary: Ambient Techno
Comment: While this album is rather different from Richie Hawtin's earlier Acid Techno work, this album carries a brooding tone that makes for a vast amount of atmosphere.
For me, this album is something that can only be listened to from time to time. However, this album carries a lot of significance in the realm of techno, and is something that should be listened to by anyone who is trying to get a feel for the varieties of techno out there.
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Editorial Reviews:
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The first full-length in four years from 28-year-old post-techno electronic musician Richie Hawtin under his Plastikman alias, Consumed has more going on underneath its cool, minimal surface than first meets the ears. Contrasting pretty heavily with previous Plastikman efforts, Consumed is a slowly evolving, serious work of tranced out microgrooves with deliberately paced, almost textural changes in synth washes and percussive sounds. Neither ambient nor techno, but existing in a delicate, contemporary space between, Consumed reminds one of a less harsh-sounding Porter Ricks or a sedated Mouse on Mars with an even heavier Kraftwerk fetish. The music has a serious metronomic thing going on, but it foregoes traditional beat tyrannies and bowel-rattling buzz bass in favor of an altogether more ethereal, subsonic groove. It's delightful. --Mike McGonigal
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