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Minotaur Shock - Maritime (2005)

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5 Sep 27th, 2008  (Oct 2nd, 2008)

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composition, sound quality, progression

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fusion might be difficult to understand

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Morellli

Morellli

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check out my Personal Homepage for my blogs/websites. I play music and write short stories.

Member since:26.09.2008

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Minotaur Shock will enter your life, and never leave. This album portrays perfectly some of the possible combinations between acoustic and electronic music. At first I couldn't believe that what I was hearing was electronic.


The composition is done mostly with drum machines with recorded woodwinds and guitar. The recorded acoustic tracks are then remixed and sychronized with the electronic components, resulting in a soothing easy-to-listen meditative sound.
I think the greatest appeal of this album is the way both electronic apologists and acoustic-lovers can retain interesting aspects from the composition. For example, some of the beats are a bit more complicated than the usual 4 by 4 rhythms used in similar styles, while the sound quality of the woodwinds is preserved impeccably.

"Muesli" is the kind of song you can listen to for hours. Of course I believe firmly the artist intended the album to be heard from beginning to end, as there is a sense of progression throughout.

Some songs to check out are "Hilly", and "(She's in) Drydock Now", if you like those three I mentioned, it's worth a buy. 

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