Ori Release '99 , debut album from the Drum & Bass duo, considered as a brighter answer to labelmate Photek, includes the hit " Call & response " which was also featured in the movie " Blade ".
Ori Release '99 , debut album from the Drum & Bass duo, considered as a brighter answer to labelmate Photek, includes the hit " Call & response " which was also featured in the movie " Blade ".
"I read a review by another listed and I must say, "you are totally false!" I dont remember who it was exactly, but they said that Source Direct was far from a "Dark Alternative" music span. Well, I can say that I agree with the fact that "Exorcise the Demons" isnt as "dark" as "Controlled Developments", but it all depends on the listener. What is dark to one person may not be dark to the other! Let people decide on the album themselves and stop trying to tell people what is dark and what isnt! Aside from the fact that they put 2 tracks on this album off of their last album, the album is worth the buy! One track that does not tickle my fancy: "Dubstar""
Top-Notch...
funktion | The Synaptic Gap | 11/05/2000
(5 out of 5 stars)
"Photek protegees Phil Aslett and Jim Baker had been prowling the darker-than-dark fringes of drum n' bass for years before letting loose 1998's ferocious EXORCISE THE DEMONS. Like their meticulous mentor, Source Direct's break-charmers acquit themselves admirably. Their first album is a definitive slab of darkcore intensity.Source Direct is fairly single-minded in the pursuit of thick, sinister atmosphere, yakuza-style bass, and melodic dark-matter. The relentlessly slicing and stabbing stainless-steel breakbeats would be mentally debilitating if not for the varied--and somewhat amusing--textures deftly woven into such tension-breakers as "Love & Hate" and "Dubstar." Source Direct's production is sterling throughout. Through sheer force of talent and vision, EXORCISE THE DEMONS craftily outsmarts the album-jinx that continues to bedevil even the duo's most club-savvy peers."
A FAVORITE OF ANY DARK DRUM 'N' BASS FAN!
John Dach | Ramona, CA, USA | 12/12/2000
(5 out of 5 stars)
"WOW When i first got this CD i didn't know whether or not to keep listening or run for cover and wait until i wasn't scared to come out of hiding. An audio masterpiece, and an instant favorite. You will LOVE Controlled Developments if you like this..."
Stale beats; go with Controlled Developments instead
01/31/2001
(2 out of 5 stars)
"I'm a big fan of Source Direct, Photek, and the rest of the kings in the techstep wing of the jungle movement. However, this is one album too avoid. For one, two tracks ("Call and Response" and "Capital D") can be found on Controlled Developments. For another, the beats are way, way too slow and simple. They're not deceptively simple, they're just simple. The production values are high -- Source Direct loves those clean, crisp breakbeats. But the rhythmic structure is just too bland. And the songs aren't pulled together in any kind of theme. Controlled Developments is the much better album (the songs are more inspired, there's much better bass, and there aren't any repeats)."