Author: Haujobb

Release Date: 31-12-1899

Details: Amazon.ca After 1996's drum & bass-inflected Solutions for a Small Planet and Daniel Myer's ambient-electronica side projects Cleen and Newt, it was plain to see in which direction Haujobb were moving. Listening to Ninetynine might jar fans of the band's older, industrial-dance material, but even if you resent the change, you can't help admiring Haujobb's skill in pulling it off. Minimalist, atmospheric electro is the underlying aesthetic here, but Myer and partner Dejan Samardzic have created a varied and engaging disc with the power to both please and perplex. Guest vocalist Vanessa Briggs brings a moody trip-hop feel to "Overflow," "Less," and "X-Flow"; "Cutedge" marries a stop-start groove to stringlike synths and burbly static; and "Ninetynine" explodes halfway through with a jazzy, percussive, Photek-like force. There's even a 13-minute-long "hidden" track of disjointed samples and drum patterns, as though Haujobb were letting you behind the curtain and into their strange museum of sound. A triumph in '99 or any other year. --Steve Landau Product Description Haujobb

UPC: 782388011327

EAN: 0782388011327

Languages: English

Binding: audioCD

Item Condition: UsedVeryGood