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Advantages:
Interesting mix of musical styles
Disadvantages:
Not exactly groundbreaking
Recommend to potential buyers:
yes
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"I have long-term plans to dismantle music. I mean it".
So speaks Jewish/ Canadian MC and self-styled "supervillain" Chilly Gonzales, a techno-terrorist plotting and scheming from the confines of an East German TV station. Having shot the video for last single "The Worst MC" in an old people's home, complete with freestylin' geriatrics, and claiming that he only spends two days a year on creating music, you'd expect him to walk it like he talks it. You'd expect something pretty unique.
As it is, Gonzales Uber Alles is merely adequate; good but not great; a mish-mash of hip-hop, trip-hop, pop and jazz. Going by its title alone, you'd expect second track "Real Motherfuckin' Music" to be an impassioned rant against those artistes who simply don't come up to scratch. It's actually a vocal-free affair, cutting and pasting scratches and samples in an inoffensive manner. The man himself doesn't make an appearance until much later on midway track "Gringo Star" - "Try to write a fucking melody for once and quit being such an indie snob pussy".
This album could be summed up as a mixture of Air, DJ Shadow and Krautrock. It certainly has a diversity in its use of instruments: harps, piano and French strings are all present. All well and good, then, but it's all too cutesy to revolutionise music as we know it.
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