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Before mutating into Phoenecia and pursuing its own particular abstract mode, the Soul Oddity duo came up with an enjoyably off-kilter (and often UFO-themed) album that quite obviously demonstrated a love for Detroit techno, further filtered, if less obviously here than later, via such labels as Warp and R&S. Unlike so many IDM bores who took some of those ideas and ran them into the ground, though, Soul Oddity actually sound like they make you want to dance on Tone Capsule, constructed from an earlier single release. After a brief introductory sample-rant, things kick in fully with the minimal, sparky beats and bass of "Welcome Back to Earth" -- the other not so secret ingredient to the band's sound, Miami bass, can clearly be heard here in a sly, controlled fashion amid all the space sounds -- and from there Tone Capsule makes its merry way. What's especially enjoyable is how easily the band is able to be both trippy and danceable at the same time -- songs like "People Party" are weird alien things on the one hand, the collage of echoed keyboard bits sounding like interplanetary communication, and minimal, focused grooves on the other. At their most dark and driving, as on "Clipped," the bandmembers are simply unstoppable in their forward motion. Whenever things sound like they might suddenly turn into more generic mid-'90s X-Files soundtracks, they'll throw in a squelching bassline ("Little Alien" in particular has a killer one surface out of nowhere) or a great vocal sample (the opening distorted "Aw yeah!" on "Freq Shift" or the electro-inspired "Intergalactic communication from Soul Oddity!" on "Soul Communication").
© Ned Raggett /TiVo
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Soul Oddity, MainArtist - Romulo Del Castillo, Composer, Producer - Joshua Kay, Composer, Producer
(C) 1996 Astralwerks ℗ 1996 Astralwerks
Soul Oddity, MainArtist - Romulo Del Castillo, Composer, Producer - Joshua Kay, Composer, Producer
(C) 1996 Astralwerks ℗ 1996 Astralwerks
Soul Oddity, MainArtist - Romulo Del Castillo, Composer, Producer - Joshua Kay, Composer, Producer
(C) 1996 Astralwerks ℗ 1996 Astralwerks
Soul Oddity, MainArtist - Romulo Del Castillo, Composer, Producer - Joshua Kay, Composer, Producer
(C) 1996 Astralwerks ℗ 1996 Astralwerks
Soul Oddity, MainArtist - Romulo Del Castillo, Composer, Producer - Joshua Kay, Composer, Producer
(C) 1996 Astralwerks ℗ 1996 Astralwerks
Soul Oddity, MainArtist - Romulo Del Castillo, Composer, Producer - Joshua Kay, Composer, Producer
(C) 1996 Astralwerks ℗ 1996 Astralwerks
Soul Oddity, MainArtist - Romulo Del Castillo, Composer, Producer - Joshua Kay, Composer, Producer
(C) 1996 Astralwerks ℗ 1996 Astralwerks
Soul Oddity, MainArtist - Romulo Del Castillo, Composer, Producer - Joshua Kay, Composer, Producer
(C) 1996 Astralwerks ℗ 1996 Astralwerks
Soul Oddity, MainArtist - Romulo Del Castillo, Composer, Producer - Joshua Kay, Composer, Producer
(C) 1996 Astralwerks ℗ 1996 Astralwerks
Soul Oddity, MainArtist - Romulo Del Castillo, Composer, Producer - Joshua Kay, Composer, Producer
(C) 1996 Astralwerks ℗ 1996 Astralwerks
Albumbeschreibung
Before mutating into Phoenecia and pursuing its own particular abstract mode, the Soul Oddity duo came up with an enjoyably off-kilter (and often UFO-themed) album that quite obviously demonstrated a love for Detroit techno, further filtered, if less obviously here than later, via such labels as Warp and R&S. Unlike so many IDM bores who took some of those ideas and ran them into the ground, though, Soul Oddity actually sound like they make you want to dance on Tone Capsule, constructed from an earlier single release. After a brief introductory sample-rant, things kick in fully with the minimal, sparky beats and bass of "Welcome Back to Earth" -- the other not so secret ingredient to the band's sound, Miami bass, can clearly be heard here in a sly, controlled fashion amid all the space sounds -- and from there Tone Capsule makes its merry way. What's especially enjoyable is how easily the band is able to be both trippy and danceable at the same time -- songs like "People Party" are weird alien things on the one hand, the collage of echoed keyboard bits sounding like interplanetary communication, and minimal, focused grooves on the other. At their most dark and driving, as on "Clipped," the bandmembers are simply unstoppable in their forward motion. Whenever things sound like they might suddenly turn into more generic mid-'90s X-Files soundtracks, they'll throw in a squelching bassline ("Little Alien" in particular has a killer one surface out of nowhere) or a great vocal sample (the opening distorted "Aw yeah!" on "Freq Shift" or the electro-inspired "Intergalactic communication from Soul Oddity!" on "Soul Communication").
© Ned Raggett /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 10 track(s)
- Total length: 01:03:49
- Main artists: Soul Oddity
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Astralwerks
- Genre: Electronic
© 1996 Astralwerks ℗ 1996 Astralwerks
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