Tul - Frequencies

[Guest Stormbringer]

Tul - Frequencies

 

 

Artist: Tul

Title: Frequencies

Label: Tribal Bionic

Date: 2002

 

Track listing:

 

01. Nation Drops

02. Atomim War

 

Review:

 

Tribal Bionics Records is a new Israeli label with a very fresh sound,

atleast this first release made by Tul (Tal Ben Ari), an artist I´ve

never heard of before. Both tracks on this ep sounds very different and

not at all Israeli in any way. I probably shouldn´t classify this

strange stuff so I won´t. The beat is more or less of the standard progressive

kind but with some crazy changes and breakes now and then. On top of

that there´s a massive amount of echoing noises, way beyond what you

possibly can imagine. Let me illustrate it with an equation: (a box of

instruments) + (a kindergarten) = "Musik". Ha ha! Well it isn´t THAT

crazy :-) It´s only one, two or three echoing sounds at the same time

but they change a lot during both tracks so I get the feeling that

someone tries every instrument in the box if you understand what I mean?

I really love weird music but this is too much even for me. Some might

find this record pretty creative but I guess that most people will

probably only find it extremely tiresome. There´s no real flow in the

baseline, there´s no melody, and all of those noises may cause some

serious braindamage after too massive exposure! This isn´t as mental as

most music released on Demon Tea and Psy Harmonics, and it hasn´t got

that daft positive vibe of the Finnish scene either, but it´s still very

strange music. Will it work on the dancefloor? I don´t think so, and I

don´t know what you could mix it with? But I have to say that it´s brave

to release something this odd as the first release on a new label.

[ukiro]

Come on Stormbringer, this isn't all that weird. I find it very tasteful

actually, a bit like the Turbo Trance sound combined with the cool scando

temper and some bursts of freaky sounds woven into it. This is one of the best

EPs I've bought recently, and I'm _not_ a big fan of full-on crazyness, which

should say a lot. One of the tracks (can't remember which is which) is

triplet-based too, and triplets rule, so this gets a 8 out of 10 from me which

is unusual. Very much recommended if you want something fresh that oozes of

quality.

[Guest Nothing[at]isaidnothing[dot]com]

It's a bit to freaky... not that good i'll give it 6/10

 

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[Guest Stormbringer]

I still think both tracks ARE weird but the b-side (with the triplets) is the

craziest one. I just consider those echoing noises that´s a major part of both

tracks to be too many and too loud. My first reaction when I first heard this

ep was that it sounded great and very innovative, but after I had listen to it

several times I changed my mind. I often get carried away when I hear

something fresh and innovative because I buy so many records and most of them

sound very similar. This ep breaks some boundaries but I still don´t think I

like it very much. I like experimental stuff and innovative music in general

but I don´t like everything that´s experimental and innovative!