Search - Richard Devine :: Lipswitch

Like a thousand glasses shattering

evenmoregeneric | Louisville, KY United States | 02/26/2001

(5 out of 5 stars)

"this albums simply mesmerizes through an abundance of sounds. these are almost all really dense electronic pieces, somewhat akin to autechre of aphex twin, but without the harmonic keyboard washes. there is very very little melody to be found here, which is quite all right with me. these are puttering apoplectic tirades of dense sampling that will probably not please those who stand in the 'autechre are too cold and not dancy enough' camp. though, i might mention there is a descernable 4/4 beat throughout, which is sort of my only complaint, but i don't think driving to it would be nearly as pleasurable if it didn't have some sort of rythmic force.anyway, get this if you're interested in having a cascading pile of blips, beep, filtered scratches, and other asorted inorganic sounds hurled at you. a perfect soundtrack to your robot domination fatasy."

Brilliant!

Joerg Colberg | Northampton, MA USA | 05/22/2001

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I came across an article about Richard Devine in some local alternative newspaper and I got so intrigued that I bought the CD. This CD easily qualifies as a masterpiece of "abstract" electronic music. Every song seems to be based on many little sounds put together to form very interesting pieces of music. The CD is not that easily accessible as, say, a CD by Richard D. James. However, if you like Autechre, you'll like this CD, too. A stunning masterpiece!"

Glitch-Electro for boomcar blastin

shred_e | Cedarburg, WI United States | 01/10/2002

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Released on Warp for Europe, this mini-lp came out in America on Schematic. A scathing high speed DSP(digital signal processing) fest, this album seems absurd and mindless at first, but grows. The beats get tighter and the jittering explosion of granular stereo sound errors that frame them become more catchy as you listen. Then you start thinking about the structure. I played the second track for a friend of mine, playing the beginning and then fastforwarding to the "payoff" where the beat realty comes in half way. He immediately started counting.
"hey," he said after a minute, "that's a 28-part time signature!"If you've got a system, represent. This is some of the phatest glitch/IDM out, and its from right in our own backyard! You can get it at NON IMPORT PRICES at any good local store-Support the American scene, buy Schematic?"