Knar/Mr Genetor : Split CD
My initial listen to this split
between Canuckian projects Knar and Mr Genetor proved to be
somewhat confusing, as it isn't pointed out anywhere on the album art which
artist does what tracks. There are obvious stylistic differences after a certain
point, but I wasn't sure which project was behind which sound. I actually had to
download a few of the tracks from the D-TRASH mp3 release for clarification. Not
a big deal of course, especially since all of the audio kicks ass, but I felt
like pointing out, because I'm a bitch like that.
It turns out that the first 6 tracks belong to Mr Genetor. This is some
rather diverse stuff. It all sounds in the digital realm to me, but that's about
the only real pigeonhole I can give the material, as it goes all over the place.
Dark ambient, glitch and digital noise textures collide with skipping DHR beats
and an overall playful yet serious experimental aesthetic. Very well produced,
diverse and articulated. Basic punky gabba this ain't. More like insane IDM from
neptune. Mr Genetor kickass indeed.
Next up comes along the cuts from Knar, who is apparently both a D-trash
and DHR veteran, though this is the first I've heard of the guy. This stuff is
equally as cool as the previous material from Mr Genetor, but in more of
a polished breakbeat/ IDM vein with some nice synthpopy elements. Still pretty
diverse, but less about experimental landscapes and more about melodic
synthlines and chaotic beats. Not that that's bad. Not at all.
I like all of the tracks here, but my favorites have got to be the outright
synthpop ballads "What's So Great About Montreal" and "JJH (Hardwood Ink)".
They're kind of like breakbeat Landytron tracks. I love it.
All in all, this is a really nice split, with equally awesome music coming from
both projects. Recommended for sure, especially if you dig experimental IDM.
It's available for free, so you really have no excuse not to listen to it.
Posted by: Royce Icon on 2007-06-30 03:09:30