Comments on: The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble

By: Pablo

Pablo — Sat, 02 Jul 2011 03:12:45 +0000

Os dejo mi reseña, aunque está en español…

http://enclavedelunachao.blogspot.com/2011/07/kilimanjaro-darkjazz-ensamble.html

By: Matt

Matt — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 09:42:36 +0000

Interesting how you rag out on one ‘obnoxiously non-descriptive’ subgenre (breakcore) then use the name of another freely (IDM) later on in the review, I suspect because the later scene is more publicly accessible and so you know what it is. Hundreds of people and thousands of hours of effort haven’t been put into developing a musical style so that people like you who have absolutely no idea what that style is (‘industrialized techno…at high tempos’ breakcore most certainly is not) can then cast it off as being ‘obnoxiously non-descriptive’, just another scene created by twerpy little teens on the internet. Of course there is a limit to what we should classify as a genre, but if that limit serves a studious and organizational, as well as developmental purpose, then it’s a positive thing. It’s like putting your salt and your sugar in the same jar. They look the same on the outside, but stick em in your mouth and you find out they’re different. For many music appreciators these days, lashing out against the genre explosion is simply a rebellion against those who have taken that explosion too far, and both parties are piled onto bandwagons, albeit at opposite ends of the spectrum. The sage thing to do is perhaps properly guide the direction of genres by studying it and having a firm sensibility of what genres are and should be and helping to guide this situation’s undeniable future in the right direction – and all you have to do to help this is have an opinion on it (giving the troublesome child therapy instead of throwing him out onto the street).
Sorry, but I had to defend my breakcore there, as it does actually have a very distinct sound and essence, and when people talk about it like that, it definitely isn’t doing any justice to the wonderful little scene that it is, even if such extreme music isn’t for everyone.
(PS Breakcore is simply hardcore breaks – breakbeats taken to their fastest, most intricate and overwhelming extremes. Breakcore musicians love to mashup genres and use humor, but this is simply part of the style, adding to the characteristic intensity and unhinged experimentalism.)

By: Pranav

Pranav — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 17:44:56 +0000

Oh yes, the moment I heard ‘Embers’, and that voice- I was reminded of Beth Gibbons and Portishead.

By: Zoe

Zoe — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 00:16:59 +0000

The style of the vocals reminded me of Swedish jazz-singer Josefine Cronholm on the soundtrack to the movie Mirrormask. Besides that I haven’t heard anything like it. Thanks!

By: Mike Mineo

Mike Mineo — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 16:56:36 +0000

In reply to DavidDR. good observation, I can definitely see what you mean. that comparison escaped me but I'm going to add Portishead to the RIYL tag. they also served as one of the precursors to this form of electronica we see abundant today.

By: DavidDR

DavidDR — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 05:22:48 +0000

I’m surprised you didn’t say this … but sounds like a jazzier version of Portishead with that “Embers” track. Heck, the name of the track even sounds like a Portishead song. I will certainly keep watch for more form this band. Interesting sound.