Guest Stormbringer Posted February 28, 2002 Share Posted February 28, 2002 Neum - Time Machine / Shifting Colors Artist: Neum Title: Time Machine / Shifting Colors Label: Acid Casualties Date: 2001 Track listing: 01. Time Machine 02. Shifting Colors Review: The tenth release from Acid Cassualties is made by John Decaro who calls himself Neum. I know very little about him so I count on that someone else fills in the details below. This ep is kind of Scando-sounding, atleast the A-side which is very smooth and builds slowly. The floating sensation you get by listening to this track increases all the time so it has to be a perfect morning track, but don´t be fooled because it´s not that slow! Even though it´s pretty hypnotic it´s never boring and the Atmos-inspired beat is something I really like. The other side is harder and got a pumping monotonous beat that drowns most of the other sounds which I think would have come forward better with a less obvious beat. I also think that I would have liked this track a lot more if the beat had been more in line with the A-side. Well... one really good track out of two isn´t bad! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ukiro Posted February 28, 2002 Share Posted February 28, 2002 I like this one too, a great opening track for a morning set (time machine). This is the first ever release from John Decaro, who is american by the way. The first non-swede to release on Acid Casualties which has changed name to ACDC now. To sum it up; pretty classy production, beautiful floating mood in a tastefullly restrained way. Recommended. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Mescalinium Posted February 28, 2002 Share Posted February 28, 2002 Decaro's not just an American, he's from my hometown of Philadelphia! So I probably would have bought this single, even if it was bad, to support the local scene, but thankfully it's a very solid debut for Neum. The a-side is a hypnotic, dubby number; you can definately see the scandinavian influence here, a la atmos/vibrasphere/human blue (which is probably why Anti picked it up in the first place!). The b-side's a bit more minimal, less spacey sounds are used. Not quite as good as the 1st track. Overall though, it's a nice EP, great considering it's his first release, and (for me at least) a source of hometown pride. 7/10. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaySatanicHippie Posted March 1, 2002 Share Posted March 1, 2002 i agree, Time Machine is great, very well done. Sounds very swedish, but thats a good thing! I dont like the other song, though. But still 9/10 for Time Machine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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