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Knox's sound revolves around primitive Casio drumbeats, trebly guitars overdriven to the point of mushiness and his own strident warbling. Many of the tunes are based on progressions so simple that the verse and chorus are actually sung against the same set of chords--a technique which results in mind-numbing, repetitive songs. Almost every track also contains some old-school synth rhythms which, when used over and over again, quickly start to sound hackneyed rather than inventive...
Most of the melodies-beside the straight-from-the-Casio beat-seem lifted from early Nintendo game soundtracks; the rest consist of playful riffs repeated until they grow mesmerizing, or just irritating. The brilliance behind Doktor Kosmos, which shines through in only three or four songs, is that you don't turn it off sooner. It's the great accomplishment of mindless muzakians and pop drum machine artists everywhere that you find yourself guiltily listening to "Don't Look at Photographs" or "Holiday" one more time...
INCREDIBLE SHRINKING PC COMDEX's hottest technology appeared to do the impossible--import the legendarily clunky Windows desktop operating system to handheld computers from the likes of Casio, Compaq and Philips. The NEC Mobile Pro HPC runs fist-size versions of Microsoft Word and Excel on a 5-in. screen...
Unlike its predecessors, the Pilot costs under $300, making it much more affordable for the average consumer. The price is kept low by emphasizing basic functionality. While expensive PDAs like the Newton fared poorly, consumers gobbled up pocket organizers like Sharp's Wizard and Casio's B.O.S.S. because they did the basics right: they kept your schedule and phone numbers and made both accessible at the touch of a button...
When Sanders was not playing, he picked upvarious shakers and bells which he used to furtherthe pseudo-exotic atmosphere that teetered on thebrink between ritualistic splendour and purekitsch. Unfortunately, that line was irrevocablycrossed on the tune that ended the set. PianistWilliam Henderson moved over to a Casio keyboardand punched out a bubble-gum pop vamp whileSanders danced around the stage. Sanders thenpicked up a huge metal hemisphere, banged it witha mallet and let the reverberations from the belllinger until they faded to the infinite. Withthis, complete Karmic transcendence of the soulwas reached, although a curiously cheesy smellremained...