Trentemoller - The Last Resort

[dubman]

it's not really that minimal, which i sort of a frustrating thing about trentemoller i suppose that his remixes are all supposed to be more bangin than his own output, which are these lush but super-slick (for better or worse) multi-layered productions that lay low and skirt the line between craft and being uninspired (a couple of them honestly sound like he's been talking to dirty vegas. i mean MY GODD). he's wearing the minmal mask but he clogs up the songs like an average 'downtempo' group.

booka shade fall in this too, but not as hard and they dont seem to have the pretensions of doing anything more than moderately bringing the funk. their beats sound pretty good, too.

i like minimal at the end of the day but it's such a treacherous alley that i'm thinking about stopping it as the disappointment ratio has gone way high these days... especially with the min2MAX compilation, and how all of these TERRIBLE tracks (like Wink's new one... yes, you heard me, WINK) are being hailed as tremendous when it's some of the stupidest shit i've ever heard.

i'll just crawl in the corner with my matthew dear albums i suppose. they still do it for me after all this time.