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Aphrodite's latest album is a more ambient treatment of his previous meld of ragga and jump-up drum 'n bass. Don't understand the genre-codes of electronic music? Here's a quick translation: this is good dance music. Aphrodite, the nom de turntable of Gavin King, is well known in the British underground for his past work alongside Mickey Finn and his remix of Nine Inch Nails' "Perfect Drug." Though his recent releases have been criticized as too mainstream, this album proves that dance music can be accessible without losing touch with its roots. The beats...
...someone who composes his music from recombinations of pre-existing sound fragments, a remix album is certainly appropriate. Subliminal Minded, DJ Spooky's follow-up to last year's Riddim Warfare, combines remixes, sound collages and general mayhem in a sonic soup that is equal parts John Cage, Sun Ra, Grandmaster Flash, and Aphrodite. DJ Spooky, a. k. a. That Subliminal Kid, a. k. a. Paul D. Miller, is a founder of the New York illbient sound, which blends the urban, rhythmic edge of hip-hop, dub and jungle with the abstract, ambient noise techniques of French musique concrte...
Clapton Chronicles seems to be made for just such occasions. This 14-track album combines some of Eric Clapton's best from the past two decades, including the acoustic-strummers "Change the World," "Tears in Heaven," "My Father's Eyes" and "Layla" and throws in two more soundtrack tunes, "Blue Eyes Blue" (Runaway Bride) and "Get Lost" (The Story of Us). Yet, surprisingly, nothing from From the Cradle, Clapton's 1994 hit blues cover album is included. Instead, the collection showcases Clapton's original compositions, reaffirming his signature music and creative genius in this collection...
Black on Black, their new Re-Entry Records release, is plagued by songs which are too slow and too soft. Instead of featuring pounding beats and passionate, driving guitar chords, the tracks on this album are dominated by vocals that are uninteresting and with lyrics which are average at best. The guitar, drums and bass are mixed low in favor of these vocals, which are often made worse by harmonizing more vocals over the original ones. Some tracks from Black on Black, like "Dangerous" and "Sweat," begin promisingly with good guitar intros, but ultimately deteriorate into the predictability and mediocrity...
...Florida band Creed, sounds like Eddie Vedder, front man for the Seattle band Pearl Jam, reincarnated. Which would be fine except that Vedder isn't dead, so Stapp's vocal style comes across as a sort of ripoff. Still, Creed has its fans: the band's first album, My Own Prison, sold nearly 4 million copies. Its new CD, like Prison, features pile-driving hard rock and lyrics about spiritual longing. A few songs are agreeable in a middle-of-the-road sort of way. But that road is about as well traveled...