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that makes me feel bad, I did a review for absorb.org earlier in the year and i called it amazing
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awww, there, there.
the thing is, i just don't find it as good as you do (and the most of reviews i read are just raving about this album). i find it merely good. a bit above the average, y'know. i mean, i LOVE deftly programmed beats, but too many of tracks on this album ARE just that.
and what disappointed me the most (after the experience of 'has been trying not to wonder') is that he does not allow melodies to come up front more often. and when he does, well, they're kind of lame-ish.
it does have some other strong tracks ('ninety seven cars', for instance, 'le elancholia' is TOO much of a boring-movie-ending- credits track to me), but when it gets down to making a compilation for someone, i won't think twice about which track i'm going to put on my flashy new slim-cased Traxdata CDR-80.
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and you think the Ulrich Schnauss is disappointing?
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okay, maybe i've gone too far with this one.
but the thing is, after i listened to 'strangely isolated place' for the first time, i never had an urge (khm.) to listen to it again.
but he's the kind of an artist to whom i'll always give a second chance, so let us leave it at that for the time being.
[or, until the end-of-the-year-list time comes when i'll have to listen to it whether i like it or not.
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xela.
his album is cool. it really is.
when you strip off the boring, artsy tracks.
you'll love it, i betcha!
and i think, am not 100% sure, that he has had a collaboration album released a month ago or so with some other guy under the name of 'yasume'. from clips i have heard, it might be quite awesome. it has BOTH creepy/lovely melodies AND some good beat-programming.
WOOHOO!
[oh, and i've DL'd - yeah, yeah, i'll rot in all of the thirteen pits of burning feckin' hell, but until then i'll download my ass of, thank you very much - the new telefon tel aviv album. you heard anything from it? i'm still not quite sure what to think of it. but they're in that 'second chance' category as well, so let's wait a while...]
--phew. sorry if this was a bit too lengthy...
, I understand ya tho, 'has been trying not to wonder" and "le elancholia" are my favorite tracks of the album...and you think the Ulrich Schnauss is disappointing? I haven't heard the xela album, but I'd love to! 
