Praecox - Gumoleum / Minigram

[Guest Stormbringer]

Praecox - Gumoleum / Minigram

 

 

Artist: Praecox

Title: Gumoleum / Minigram

Label: Hadshot

Date: 2001

 

Track listing:

 

01. 07'08" Gumoleum

02. 07'30" Minigram

 

Review:

 

This EP is made by Jerzy Prozdziecki, one of the members of Bigwigs (I

hope I got it right this time?). If you´re familiar with their sound

you´ll hear the similarities. "Gumoleum" (8/10) is very fast, about 150

bpm, and doesn´t sound so complex, but it´s still interesting even

though it´s just a hard beat with noises on top. Some minimal tracks are

so static that they become hypnotic, "Minigram" (9/10) is such a track.

It´s sounds like it´s the same 30 seconds being repeated over and over

again... forever! (07:30 to be exact). "Minigram" has this very hard

furious beat with complementary scary echoes and that´s it! I think it´s

pure wizardry to be able to create such a track, and I don´t understand

how he can make it interesting when it´s so static. This kind of

extremely monotonous music should be played in a really dark place with

black walls and with massive amounts of stroboscopelight for maximum

effect. There´s some people who think this kind of minimal static trance

is pure crap, and I can understand them, but I don´t agree with them. If

you want some kind of melody or variation in the music you listen to you

should forget about this release because it´s pure hypnotrance suitable

for trancedancers, not for the average homelistener.

[Guest AtomicCow]

Minigram took a few listens to get. Since it's so minimal it doesn't stick in

your head (except for that "Remove my ears" bit) so you have to keep going

back to hear it again and again and it's really well done.

[Guest Neil]

just like AtomiCow said, Minigram took quite a few listens to get into, I love

the beat on the track, it has a certain flow to it tat could anyone moving if

you threw this track at just the perfect moment. 9/10 for this track, minimal

haters go elsewhere, minimal lovers eat this one up. I don't care much for

gumoleum, the track doesn't move quite like the other side.

[Guest Stormbringer]

I don´t do drugs!!! I don´t need drugs!!! but I like industrial music and I

really like to trancedance (dance until you almost leave your body). The best

way to reach real trance (without any f...ing drugs) is dancing to monotonous

music without any distractions. A dark place with lots of smoke and

stroboscopelight is the perfect environment!!! "Minigram" is perfect for

trancedancing! I like to go to forestparties too but that is something

completely different. "I CANT BELIEVE someone can enjoy such a crap without

hard drugs", ha ha! you sound like the swedish police!!! That´s what they use

as an argument when stoping parties here in Sweden ;-

[Guest strife[at]bezeqint[dot]net]

NEAT. Praecox certainly does something for me in terms of music. hits me like

no others do really, it has some sort of weird vibe going on that i pick up on

and relate to often. though i dont think thats their intention....ive read

numerous interviews with them saying not much about it. other than "its just

what we do".....which is good. no use over analyzing it. anyway, praecox's

music makes me think how large and complex i am in comparison with the

molecules and subatomic particles whose physical properties dictate nature of

life in the universe this is most definitely existential muzik. Abstract

expressionism. in Art we have painters such as Mondrian who's core aim is to

escape completly from the "naturalist" world. Look at the sleeve work,

confield in particular, then look at some early 20th century abstract art.

when Listening to Confield ,if you allow yourself to slip into deeper

concentration, seemingly naturalist sounds are revealed as totally synthetic

noises that are totally engineered from simple electronic fuzz. Praecox, keep

on that great awesome job. (hey just copied from tromesa's review.. I think

you both are the best psy ever)

strife ICQ#311776

Eran