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Formula Music Endures---Techno?....Well....Soulless

Steven Sachs | 02/21/2003

(2 out of 5 stars)

"Ok, When Graham Wiggins was with the popular group "Outback" they had two enormously successful and in my opinion some of the VERY BEST blend of traditional, upbeat, and skillfully put together music I have ever heard. Friends that listened for the very first time to Graham Wiggins and Outback are absolutely enthralled, and are hooked. You can't get enough of it. Like drinking an ice cold Coca Cola on a hot summer day. ...But then that's the problem here. Like New Coke (which was blasted for tinkering with a soft drink recipe/formula that had been popular for over 100 years)----Graham's successful formula really is gone. Graham, Graham, Graham----you're trying now to appeal to the Pepsi, Dr. Pepper, 7-UP drinkers of this world. Didgeridoo meets Techno-Hip/Hop / Fusion.Graham, striking out on his own after Outback has created some skillfully Didgeridoo and other instrument music. (See my write-up for the CD - "Out of the Woods"). HOWEVER....Dust Devils really left a lot to be desired (at least for me). Sorry Graham. Blame the year 1966, when the first Moog Synthesizer was commercially marketed. But taking Didgeridoo and other instruments and reworking the rhythyms and sounds for the "Techno Pundits" of this world, you might just have successfully alienated some of your most ardent fans. While interesting as possibly experimental music, does it have life as a mainstream entity? Only time and your accountant will know for sure. While I can appreciate the work, love, artistic skill, and soul that goes into the making of music, one must ask if what they are creating is for themselves, their agent, the music company, their music publisher, -------or for their fans. Dust Devils, while it might be sophisticated and cutting edge for some---felt soulless to me."

Best cd I've bought in years!

01/23/2003

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This is quite possibly the -=BEST=- cd I've seen in a long whiles. It's not quite like his older stuff, but being a major techno fan it's right up my alley. I'd reccomend this cd to anyone who's into the techno-esque styles of music..."

A TechnoSkaWorldBeat kind of release.

Jorge Barbarosa | the back 9 | 08/13/2004

(4 out of 5 stars)

"If you have ever tried to play a didg, you would really appreciate the endeavour of this release. The music is formatted, techno. Heavy on the samples and over-sampling on the fly. It's GREAT. The skill level of the good Doctor on the didg is what I would consider outstanding, but he's not the master that David Hudson is. However, his employment and messaging the waveform is a breakthrough for the instrument, additionally he has spent time perfecting the didg by adding valves to change keys, alongwith the amplification and effects. So he's taken the didg to a new technological level, and it works wonderfully!



Cut 6 and 7 are favorites. Heavy subwoofer and excellent genre' bass throughout the release. Some say it's his best release to date. They're all special, but this one REALLY stands out. I was very pleased and inspired by this effort. Thanks Doc!"