Close the Door

構成数 : 1枚
合計収録時間 : 00:58:18
Terranova: Fetisch, Meister, Kaos. Additional personnel: Tricky, Cath Coffey, Rasco, Coco (vocals); Alex Hacke (guitar). For the abbreviated history types, it was only when the Berlin Wall came down that Germany's trance scene was born. As the country went from mechanical depression to Ecstasy-fueled anthems, there were some that respected this new revitalization, but still found its glow stick-obsessed cries for "tunes!" a bit lacking. Terranova fit into this iconoclastic hole. Instead of embracing the waving arms of their comrades, they sought to re-balance this shift by first releasing their Mean Streets-inspired installment in the DJ Kicks series and then following it up with a debut album full of even more aberrant intoxication and escapist hip-hop. Horizontal listening is the real name of this band's tune. Encompassing a mix from dark intonations and engine squeals ("Plastic Stress") to Tricky-inspired numbness ("Bombing Bastards"), Close the Door creates an alternate German reality where E had little impact on the revolution and instead desolate trip-hop tumbled down the Wall with just one cold stare. There aren't many moments of derivative excess, either -- "X-Files" is unintentionally cartoony and "Never" might sound like a beaten up Depeche Mode -- as these faults are mild. Everything else adds up to an atmospheric world of downtempo hip-hop that surprisingly rivals just about anything coming from a gang out of New York. Indeed, as far as musical abnormalities go, Terranova is a band that already seems fully and completely in control. ~ Dean Carlson
録音 : ステレオ (Studio)