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JOHN KELLEY - A NIGHT IN THE PARK (BALL OF WAXX) |
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Kelley’s breaks certainly cover an interesting range of styles. Within the first few tracks you’ve already jumped across the spectrum somewhat on the sorts of sounds that can be wrapped around breaks. In fact, let’s peek at the first four tracks as a sort of sampling of what the disc has in store for you. The first and titular track captures the mid-tempo groove of the likes of Crystal Method, though it seems to have less acid and texture than CM. “Eighty Eight” is a rhythmic and hooky hip-hop breaks track with rapped vocals layered over the top. I’m not much on the whole hip-hop thing but in this case the beats and the verbage link together for a dose of infectiousness. “Desert Days” is a darker number, with a bit of aggro attitude with a shadowy pulse underlying the proceedings. “Fat Stacks” seems to summon the sort of deep beat speakerthump you find on all those CDs with the word “Bass” in the title. I dig the extra texture of the buzzing bass against the high-up percussion and hint at glitchiness. Overall “A Night in the Dark” is an atmospheric CD that does well enough finding some energy in the mid-tempo beat range, but for me it didn’t quite hook me over the edge. I would like to have had more kineticism and more acid textures. But you also have to consider I like Crystal Method OK, but don’t love them. So if that helps you put my review in perspective.-- review by Kristofer Upjohn
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