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Distal finds Civilization on Tectonic

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The Atlanta producer will release his first album in April.


nice!


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cant wait


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To say Michael Rathbun has been prominent in the past year would be an understatement, releasing on all kinds of labels big and small. It's primarily a good thing, considering he's one of the strongest personalities to come out of the whole footwork-cum-bass-music wading pool. His signing to Tectoni..


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enjoy this one more than the addison one, nice listening through here at 32°C and sun


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3.5/5 is a proper rating. Another disappointment this year, like the Addison Groove album. Had big expectations from this one.


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this is kind of a lame and generic thing to say BUT i might give both of those albums a little more time, i was also initially disappointed with these albums because they didn't have that shock value or novelty of the early singles but i find them to ultimately be more balanced and listenable than an hour straight of distal or addison groove singles.

it is surprisingly easy to put these albums on the stereo and do your thing around the house or in the car or headphones or whatever and not feel the need to skip tracks or put on something else which is kind of how the nonstop intensity of the singles feels. it is kind of an accomplishment imo to put together a listenable 60-80 minute album from a genre so intense as "footwork" (sort-of-footwork anyway), i don't think the bangs & works comps really managed it, as much as i love the individual tracks on them.


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Vahid, even though I've not listened to this album, that is EXACTLY what makes a good album to me. Maybe not a great album, but a good album...rather than just another large collection of tracks. It's easy to just throw together a bunch of loose ends that happen to be jackin' tracks in their own right, but don't seem to cohere into whole package that's enjoyable from start to finish...it's a little more gratifying to get a long-player that's actually had some thought put into it as a proper album.



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Some great tracks here, like 'peach on hustle' and 'drop like that' allso 'anticool' , from the start to the end i was going on the quote - "they didn't have that shock value or novelty of the early singles ". But i think that the album is builded in a very freestyle way, and this is what gives to the album a soul, love the way the artist found different ways to show what he likes to add on some " cool vocal loops ", on my point of view is not really easy to do this work, for example listen to 'temple people' he looped some vocals and he adds allso a very sweet taste in it with an electro classy mood, love this tricks and love the sound that comes out. Big up - Pinch knows what to sign.


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