Lemon Jelly - Lemonjelly.Ky
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Free Music Notes for Lemonjelly.Ky
Free Music Review: Lets agree to disagree
Hit: 2 Stars
Uh oh, a negative review-- time to hit the NO button!But seriously folks, as an avid listener and consumer of "downtempo" music (hey, we have a name for it now! Time to make compilations and market the living daylights out of it), I have found that LemonJelly is in a word, bland. There's always been a crucial balance in creating loops and making the music interesting enough so as not to bore the listener, especially since there are no vocals accompanying said tracks. Some people hit it right on the button-- Fat Jon (of Five Deez), DJ Cam, Saru, Bonobo, etc. And some, like LemonJelly, don't. After the novelty of the first listen wears off, I noticed the sterile production and the tepid beats. Maybe it's because I judge downtempo music like all other types of sounds I listen to- Hip-Hop, Jazz, Neo-Soul-- that it should stand up to serious, multiple listens, rather than be regulated to background music (hey, you want wallpaper sounds, go get some MUZAK <tm>). LemonJelly doesn't have any real strong "boom-bip" sounds in its array, but employ a less forceful sonic tone that would work if it weren't so lacking in personality. On the upside, it does feature some cool liner art, indicative of electronic music's love with graphic arts and design, but unfortunately the cd case's dimension is a bit too large, making it the lone sheep in my CD collection ( off to the side, LJ! ). In summary, do yourself a favor and get Troublemakers' Doubts & Convictions, instead of this yawner.
Free Music Review: samples are so awful
Hit: 2 Stars
this album would be brilliant except for one thing...awful, song-length vocal samples. no singing, just crappy "look what we found digging in the record bins, aren't we clever and obscure?" samples that drone on for 6 or 8 minutes over what would otherwise be great music. hey, guys, this isn't 1988 anymore. we're not all impressed by samples culled from preacher/jazzercise/french language instruction/learn to tune your hi-fi records anymore.lord knows i don't mind a sample but less is more.
if that kind of thing doesnt bother you, though, then by all means pick up this hugely overrated disc, along with the other most overrated record of 2001: the avalanches' 'since i left you." ugh...another tedious sample fest..otherwise give it a pass and pick up much better downtempo releases from tosca, peace orchestra, fila brazillia, etc.
Free Music Review: DEFINITELY - The Most Over-rated Album Of 2001
Hit: 2 Stars
Although I can appreciate the novel nature of this recording and the work that went into its superior production, after all is said and done it just dosen't move me - it has no soul. Moreover, it can't even be considered as background music because it is too flowery - so what we have here is looped boredom and shear mediocrity.Free Music Review: just as bad as the other one.
Hit: 1 Stars
a feeble attempt to substitute humor for good music. two or three good tracks. otherwise annoying. now, please enter that this feedback is not helpful because you disagree.