|
| Label: | Minus | | Rel. date: | 08th Aug 06 | | Cat No: | MINUS43CD | | Reviewer: | Sebastian Napora | | Reviewed: | 08th Jul 06 | | Format: | CD | | Rating: |   |
|
|
- Duoteque - Lola
- Magda - Black Leather Wonder
- Ricardo Villalobos - Adgam
- Jpls - Twilite 4
- Ivo Deutschmann - Spectrometer
- Vivianne Projects - Strangers With Canada
- Bruno Pronsato - Wuorinen
- Lordy - The Watchtower (Stevie Kotey Kosmik Dub)
- Tractile - The Lost Beach
- Marc Houle - Chuck Gaydicaca
- Louderbach - Grace (Anxiety)
- Robert Babicz - Battlestar
- Niederflur - Drehbrücke
- Matt John - I.O.
- Marc Houle - Suces Mes Graines
- Tractile - Time Vandal
- Metro Area - Honey Circuit
- Troy Pierce - Dark Pearl
- Ryan Crosson - Artists Have Bad Haircuts
- Magda - Oblivicleas
- The Persuader - Central Bron
- Marc Houle - Analog Road
- Run Stop Restore - Speeder 64
- Jpls - Z Program (Mark Henning Remix)
- Louderbach - Reflected
- Marc Houle - Boat
- Marc Houle - Black Jack 13
- Konrad Black - Coma Couch Surfing
- Jpls - Red 20
- Plastikman - Slow Poke (Twilight Zone Edit)
- Magda - Doctor Secret Tooth
- Larry Heard - Amnesia
- Troy Pierce - 25 Bitches (Berg Nixon’S Zig Zag Mix)
- Donnacha Costello - Rusty Sticks
- Glimpse - Bodyslip Julia
- Marc Houle - Stacks And Stacks
- Marc Houle - Edamame
- Slacknoise - Discover The Active Crash Hiss
- Niederflur - Kalk-Kapelle
- Marc Houle - Drumathon
- Tractile - Poisoned With Words
- Pantytec - Maybe
- Niederflur - Porz-Wahn
- Bruno Pronsato - Open Your Eyes
- Gaiser - Breathe Here
- Vivianne Projects - Chicken Bone Charm Bracelet
- Der Dritte Raum - Krank
- Bruno Pronsato - My Little Pony
- Marc Houle - Thirds In Trees
- Dinky - Home On A Sunday
- Marc Houle - Raking It
- Portion Control - Elektrotechnik
- I.A. Bericochea - R2
- Ryan Crosson - Gotham Road
- Onur Ozer - Lotus
- From Within - Lost
- Phage And Daniel Dreier - Beeswax
- Plastikman - Ekko
- Tractile - Warning Light
- Plastikman - 72
- Tractile - Ardorant
- Slacknoise - She'S A Dancing Machine
- Tractile - Paper Tiger
- Magda - Staring Contest (Unreleased Version)
- Damian Schwarz - Ryf2
- Marc Houle - Avon
- From Within - Snake Charmer
- Heartthrob - Lunar Park
- Bruno Pronsato - The River
- Dj Koze - Dangernugget
- Disco D - Beat It
|
| |
 Here’s another next generation DJ mix. This time it’s Magda who decided to give up the traditional approach to building compilations and instead of fighting several vinyl records and the turntables, she set her sights on a laptop to work on 71 different tracks. In principle, this approach is similar to Hawtin’s ‘DE9’ series, but the execution is quite different. Magda is a great DJ, and a woman, so I was expecting a record full of heart and soul, a real ear grabber with brilliant arrangements, exclusive melodies, and the well-known dynamism from her live sets. Unfortunately, this has not happened. Magda’s compilation is a showcase of a computer craftsman, not an artist-musician. And the fact that she’s technically managed to convert 71 different song fragments into 16 new tracks doesn’t appeal to me, as the new 16 are often average at the very most. Moreover, they are also quite cold. Magda, having forgotten that she’s built her career playing music from the borders of minimal, her own specific brand of music which is warm and melodic, tried to fit the album into the cold and mechanical trend of the Minus label. And it didn’t do her any good, as even at the 10th approach the record still remains tough, even though you constantly listen for something to finally catch on. Despite the promising beginning and the dynamic ending, the album simply makes me tired. I prefer Magda from the club where on the decks she is a real dancing machine. On this record she’s unfortunately only a machine.
 Comments[0]
Post a comment
|
Review: Magda - She's a Dancing Machine
