anatole joy

Although there was a lot of abstractness to this album, it was very cleverly compiled so that the tracks are still workable and enjoyable pieces of music that can be used playfully in many types of videographic work. I really enjoyed this album. Cute, fun, interesting, and infectious.

I do enjoy the latest CIRC release, because it’s a very neat example of an artist’s progress. His previous albums were very much in the same mode as Anatole Joy is (namely, an abstract electronica/melodic IDM clash), but more recent LP’s have richer production and much complex compositions. As for Anatole Joy, one may expect nice downtempo, a bit psychotic but also engaging instrumental trips. My favourite tunes on the record are abstract bizzoff with trance, drilling bass and lile it litl dat, where the rhythm section is very professional and the composition doesn’t bore a listener though the whole piece is generally based on the breakbeat treat. The biggest musical disappointment was angels needs pollution to breathe that strats up extremely nice, with great distorted human choir sample, but than keyboards and rhythm gets predictable and spoils all fun. It could a highlight of the material, but it simply fails to do it. The next remark I have is the cover. The donkey here is simply ridiculous and it spoils an overall positive impression.
Summarizing, it’s definitely a thing to check. A next step in the music history of the composer that can really achieve something in the future.

Take care,

Gz.

'Lile It Litl Dat' was my favourite track: it has a hypnotic beat. Good stuff!

please don't think that im blowing smoke up your ass when I say that this music is comparable to the greats of mozart or beethoven. By that, I mean that studies have shown that listening to beethoven, mozart, vivaldi, etc... while studying helps students retain information, and tends to "streamline" the learning process. Its very intelligent, and non-distracting, but its easy to focus on the music and get lost in it, because it has so much quality substance. If i had written these songs, i would have destroyed them with heavily distorted, double-time bass and/or drum tracks. CIRC's ability to keep a steady rhythm and unchanging tempo while keeping the entire album interesting is a rare and welcome talent that should not go unrecognized.

For me this thing is rather difficult to listen. Too many small funny sounds floating around happylly, unrealistically :).

Although little dryish in production this is one very original, positive and funny album. Some kind of elektro crossover between Zappa and residents + germans. But those are just asociations. As I said this thing sounds original and fresh. IT is so full of sounds that it may take time to adapt ear to untipical but great sound experiment.