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3 December 2004

MESHED-UP MINDS 002 Compilation Released 7/99

Its nice to see when someone promises "extreme electronics" and actually delivers, which is what several tracks on thisBrooklyn meets Minneapolis compilation do (further truth in advertising: the packaging for this CD-R is actually wire mesh). Though Cartesian Faith"s "Shake the Mounting Sensation" sounds like the distorted funk shuffle of Bomb 20 and the Birdwatchers "Turn Away (rmx)" could have come straight of Alec Empires "The Destroyer," "Meshed-Up Minds" mostly manages to eschew Digital Hardcore"s stock dark nfuzzy breakbeats, instead experimenting with different percussive textures and grating frequencies. Beats are pitch-shifted up to hyperspeed, tinny thuds on Erions "Reclamation Invocation" and Lost in Translations "Sexy War," while Timeblinds digital cutups on "Stoopid" sound like a rawer Bisk. There are some beatless tracks as well -- in fact, the middle section of the album crawls along -- with the highlight being Radar Threat`s "From the Paraphenalia of Oppression," which is a scrum of harsh frequencies piling up on one another. Impressive, and for listeners wanting a disruptive direction beyond DHR. -Sean Portnoy "Grooves" #3


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