Search - Nor Elle :: Slapstick

Marvellous downtempo music.Another great record from NorElle

Sergiy Beketov | 09/27/2002

(5 out of 5 stars)

"As stated already in the topic, this is another incredible music record from Terry Lee Brown Jr. Nothing can soothe you so much than a single track from =Slapstick=! Still, while =Phantoms Of Life= are more lackadaisical, tracks from =Slapstick= rise up to 90bmp per minute, what makes it great either for relaxing on the sofa or dancing unhurriedly!It's a great, how Nor Elle transforms apathetic, almost static =Desert Storm= with its atmospheric piano into =Episode 1= - a continuation, with great bubbling beats and deep bassline. What happens next is great! =On The Roof= - classical downtempo, notably faster, still not parvenu! Smart percussion and sax! =Sunset Print= really sets another mood - with another temp style plus we hear for the first time a female vocal, a bit distorted, still very sensual and pensive! What a surprise - =Before You Leave= starts with acoustic drums, smoothly switching to synthetic beats, aerial piano and unreal sounds from the Universe! "Feel so good" sings a female voice in =At Close Quarters= - that's just what you really feel by this track. Slow tempo, very atmospheric and distorted piano with synth. =Key to the City= - the first more-or-less fast song, I'd say a middle of the album, hence - of the music atmosphere. While beats throb faster, supplementary sounds harsher, the song doesn't set you to switch all over hastily! Calm male voice adds a warm feeling to this track. Oh dear, another terrific bubbles! =Bassbin Dive= attracts us now with new synth sounds, electro-guitar-like ones, too. Plus, unordinary rhythm with falling water-drops. A real dive into your dreams! =Dubsolution= - a quite smart name for the track, since a mixture of bubble-like beats, synthesizer piano and a digitally-distorted sax leaves an unforgettable feeling of something liquid inside of you! =Episode 2= starts the finalizing part of the album (no wonder, that it is almost in the middle of the record - here everything has a very long, still profound evolution of sound landscape), followed by =Digital Diary= - a crazy, metal-scratching epic, with ghost-like vocals, strange piano parts and completely no beat. =Lost Memories= sounds as if really something was deleted from your mind and now you're wandering thru your memories in order to find the lost memories - extremely slow downtempo, with no acoustic, almost untouched by computer piano, and howling voices - everything you need while strolling thru visions! =Red Sky= - it's not Mars, still jingling, eerie, with deep bass sound structure, bringing us to the final cut - =Departure 1=. This is a 8-minute-completion-phase of the music Xperience! Another advantage of the album is that all songs varies from 5 to 9 mins at average, what doesn't lead to a feeling of dissatisfaction, nor, doesn't bore you and your ears too much!A bit another type of music, than on =Phantoms of Life=, still a very good choice for the newcomers."