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Trollheart · 02-21-2018, 10:26 AM

Album title: Black Origami
Artist: Jin
Genre: Experimental/Footwork/IDM
Nationality: American
Release date: May 19
Position in Discography: Second
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Now this sounds like just the kind of thing Frownland is probably into. When I read the songs are complex pieces that take advantage of silence as much as sounds, I knew this would be a hard sell for me. And the tag “experimental” always gives me a problem, generally. So what's it like? Well, the first track isn't bad, the second is mostly percussion with someone shouting “Yop!” or something repeatedly, so that does my head in of course, and mostly we're looking at those fragmented samples that drive me up the wall. The percussion is very inventive on “Nyakinyua Rise” and again on “Hatshepsut” (try saying that after five pints!

) but mostly it's just not for me. Very clever, I'm sure, very avant-garde or whatever you're having yourself. But I'll pass.

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02-21-2018, 10:26 AM	#1939 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,970	Album title: Black Origami Artist: Jin Genre: Experimental/Footwork/IDM Nationality: American Release date: May 19 Position in Discography: Second Estimated Rating: Have I heard of this artist? No Have I heard anything by this artist? No Average RYM Score: N/A Now this sounds like just the kind of thing Frownland is probably into. When I read the songs are complex pieces that take advantage of silence as much as sounds, I knew this would be a hard sell for me. And the tag “experimental” always gives me a problem, generally. So what's it like? Well, the first track isn't bad, the second is mostly percussion with someone shouting “Yop!” or something repeatedly, so that does my head in of course, and mostly we're looking at those fragmented samples that drive me up the wall. The percussion is very inventive on “Nyakinyua Rise” and again on “Hatshepsut” (try saying that after five pints! ) but mostly it's just not for me. Very clever, I'm sure, very avant-garde or whatever you're having yourself. But I'll pass. Check out more from this artist? No Check out more from this genre or subgenre? No Actual Rating: __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018