Zorn - all we can do is enjoy the ride

Label : Lux Nigra
Catalogue number : Inp30

Release date : 2004

 

>Review Format<
CD


Michael Zorn's second album rolls into Tesselate HQ and is instantly in the cd rack of the pc and ready to listen. One half of City Centre Offices 'Boy Robot' and holder of the title ' best selling release on Lux Nigra ' with his ' The City's collapsing' debut album, this should be a good one.

"Cold and cuddly" blips and clicks away like an abandoned gameboy on the midnight streets of Berlin, and manages to grab the attention of the nighttime audio crew who are out in effect.Warm pulses of atmosphere wash over the track, as you are dropped into the location of this tiny plastic maths box, and are forced to soak in the detailed and machined creative skills that run throughout this one.
Three a.m themetune.

Crunch smile, acid, bleep , crunch, welcome to "City of Industry". As the track name describes, this one gives off the feeling of busy streets, littered with rubbish and patrolled by cleaner droids, that scuttle in and out of human legs and dodging passing vehicles to attempt to complete their neverending task. Chime like callings manage to escape from the organised detail within, as the squelchy bassline is swelled even more by the simple but calculating beat glossed over the top."This was supposed to be the future" takes it down to a conversation between two very similar machines, that belt out a cacophony of reversed samples, 8bit beeps and an air of organic warblings, that all swirl together and bask in the glowing light from machine A's eye socket. Quality stuff.
"She lights a cigarette and stops time" reminds me of my robot friend who could stop time, I havent seen him for ages. Taking it down low from the beginning, this one gives off an air of class and workmanship, through its warm glowing melodies and crafted beat pattern. The snow, falls from the sky like thin machined smiles that have been dropped from a passing birds claws and scatter to the ground, revealing a underbelly packed with memories that are beginning to escape, this is one for you robotic joyriders out there.

"Gone" swarms and conquers very slowly, but is calculated and precise in its mission. Heavy bass thuds, line up next to blips and ticking drumbeats which form to created a futuro style message to everyone in some form of transport at this very moment, whilst "All we can do is enjoy the ride" takes the form of a happy friendly hippo looking character on his way to crazy market. The bass in this one rocks your foundations with its earlobe snapping intensity as the pace of the track takes control, and ricochets Mr Hippohappy all around the gaf, like a pinball full of broken wood and dolphins. This is crazy market remmeber, cooool stuff.


Packed to the gills with licences ' All we can do is enjoy the ride ' has the right to take your imagination anywhere it likes. So full of atmospheric atmosphere that even in my semi tired state working on this review, my brain was awash with such goodness that I was recharged in quick time. Well played Mr Zorn, more excellent stuff.


Sam



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