Guest Rx7style Posted January 27, 2003 Share Posted January 27, 2003 Paste - Blow Out Artist: Paste Title: Blow Out Label: Interzone Date: 2003 Track listing: 01. Code bed 02. Speedseed 03. The flathead 04. Neurotrop 05. Minimeise 06. Hihatic (Rmx) 07. Underdogs 08. Doze Review: Paste 2: a soft plastic mixture or composition. 3: to strike hard at [alter. of baste]. If this is to be direct reference as to the sound of the group, Paste, they’ve matched the terminology well with the qualities found in their jingles. There’s nothing outstanding, yet nothing abysmal to be found on this album. You’ll find very minimal layers of sound, with unwavering percussion, bass lines and beats. Reverberated, flanged, and echoed sounds rhythmically intersect the above with the precision intended to induce a hypnotic effect on the listener. All tracks are so similar in construction that it’s hard to find anything remarkable, even when looking in depth at a single track. This is why my review doesn’t include anything of such depth as there was none that I could see in this album. I’m not even sure if this will appeal to die-hard minimal lovers… and if it does, then only a minimal, and in this case, house aficionado could admire this album. My rating: Paste 4: the wax substance found in my ears after finally reaching the end of this album. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tomvcarter Posted January 27, 2003 Share Posted January 27, 2003 Dont agree with RX7 at all, i think this is a great release, very deep pumping minimal progy tunes, maby a little too minimal at some points but it has a great atmosphere to it. Wicked funky hats and drums with scratyy deep noises, 7/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tomvcarter Posted January 28, 2003 Share Posted January 28, 2003 that hypnotize you into a deep funky groove. Very hypnotic. If u like pastes previous stuff u will love this! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freak51 Posted January 30, 2003 Share Posted January 30, 2003 File this one next to Timetech. Clever minimal progressive pumping psy-trance, but I got nothing particularly special out of it. I was hoping for more variety after all the singles they've released. 6.5/10. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tomvcarter Posted February 2, 2003 Share Posted February 2, 2003 Having listened to this a few times now i have grown to love some bits, but it is not all good. The first 4 tunes are exelent, especially track 3. After a short intro, it kicks of with the familiar paste off-beat bass, deep and pumping, with a wierd creepy sample looping in every so often. But after about 4 mins building with funky hi hats and drums, it kicks in with this wicked chopped up drum loop, awsome! The last one is slightly more housy, but not cheesy, nice paste take on it. A good album with some awsome tunes in, but does lack vareity, but to mix for those middle of the night stomps its perfect. "The flat Head" is my favorite. 7/10 very deep progressive grooves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Acidhive Posted March 19, 2003 Share Posted March 19, 2003 Yeah, it's progressive, but deep? Not in my opinion. It's pretty good though. Marginally better than most of their single releases in my opinion. All tracks are pretty good, though track 3 could've done without that stupid and (ever) repeating sample. Says who? Flathead! I mean, is this supposed to be funny? The samples in Paste tracks usually don't add anything, so why couldn't they just leave 'em out already? Anyway, this is still worth purchasing if you're out for some stomping progressive (and fairly dry) stuff. I liked it. (except track 3 obviously) 7,5/10 here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bubble Wrap Posted October 20, 2006 Share Posted October 20, 2006 I have listened to this album so many times its rediculous. I absolutely love this dark minimilism, I immediately think of star studded space skies when I listen to tracks like code bed and minmiese. One of the few proggresive psy artists that actually sound good and do it right. Not the fluffy crap thats going on nowadays, this is dark and fun 9/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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