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Aux-In · 09-09-2018, 02:25 PM

8cee - Mind Over Matter [EP]

Spoiler for Album Cover:

Genre: Electronic
Year: 2016
Place of Origin: Luxembourg
General Pace: Downtempo, jazzy/lounge, breakbeat(ish), [boom bap beat]

Summation: Right as I hit play on the first song, "Back in the Days," I felt the '60s style inspiration, and "Like the Son" is some definite Motown channeling, but overall this album has a modern sound that is more trancey than rhythmic. There are either sax or sax samples used in some of the songs. Production on this is fairly amateurish and it lacks complexity in composition in a way that is unpolished without the payoff of de-tuning. Not amateurish as in bad, because I can be more impressed with bedroom producers sometimes than traditional bands and such. I guess for me it's that the synths used sounded hollow and bored-out, so to speak, as one note stayed stationary while other parts bounced around it, instead of everything being in sync. I mean, don't get me wrong on the bad points, Mind Over Matter is laid-back as **** and you can chill to this no problem at all, but there isn't much variety, so every song tends to sound the same.

Would I return to this album?: No.

09-09-2018, 02:25 PM	#82 (permalink)
Aux-In Wrinkled Magazine Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: In Time Posts: 467	8cee - Mind Over Matter [EP] Spoiler for Album Cover: Genre: Electronic Year: 2016 Place of Origin: Luxembourg General Pace: Downtempo, jazzy/lounge, breakbeat(ish), [boom bap beat] Summation: Right as I hit play on the first song, "Back in the Days," I felt the '60s style inspiration, and "Like the Son" is some definite Motown channeling, but overall this album has a modern sound that is more trancey than rhythmic. There are either sax or sax samples used in some of the songs. Production on this is fairly amateurish and it lacks complexity in composition in a way that is unpolished without the payoff of de-tuning. Not amateurish as in bad, because I can be more impressed with bedroom producers sometimes than traditional bands and such. I guess for me it's that the synths used sounded hollow and bored-out, so to speak, as one note stayed stationary while other parts bounced around it, instead of everything being in sync. I mean, don't get me wrong on the bad points, Mind Over Matter is laid-back as ** and you can chill to this no problem at all, but there isn't much variety, so every song tends to sound the same. Would I return to this album?:** No. __________________ Reviews l YouTube Playlist: Another Dimension "All over a bowl of bitter beans."