Archive for the ‘IDM’ Category
re:Sound: Work & Play
Welcome to a new series of articles called re:Sound. The idea for this column came from a couple of magazine columns I have seen in the past. Basically, the idea is to dig back into my collection and select a recording that is worthy of tracking down and listening to. While many of these will be netlabel releases that you can find fairly easily, some of them may be commercial releases that may be more difficult to find. (However, I will stay away from RIAA releases as much as possible in favor of true independent releases…)
So, let’s get to my first choice.
Review: Pharmacore – Utopia
Pharmacore: Utopia
Title: Utopia
Artist: Pharmacore
Label: Pavillion36
Catalog No: P36-037
Release Date: 11 January 2010
License: Creative Commons BY-NC-ND
I have to say, this is a first for me. I had not actually heard of a style listed as “IDM with Drill & Bass influence”. However, that being said, I don’t find this release to be un-impressive.
The dark, edgy with some more mechanical elements seems somewhat like Future Sound of London meets Nine Inch Nails. But, this isn’t music that tries to imitate either of these groups. This is music that is very much in the IDM genre, and builds from that into it’s own form. Definitely kind of a nightmare meets the robots.
