Take Nothing for Granted

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共18首歌曲

艺人: Andrew Duke
语种: 英语
厂牌: Cognition Audioworks
发行时间: 2003年12月01日
专辑类别: 录音室专辑

专辑介绍

by François Couture

Andrew Duke reinvents himself almost with every release. Take Nothing for Granted, released on his own Cognition Audioworks imprint, stands half-a-continent away from the long, oppressive drone pieces of More Destructive Than Organized while keeping its distances from Sprung, his beat-friendly CD for Bip-Hop. This album consists of 18 short tracks (mostly in the three- to four-minute range) focusing on low crackling textures. Clicks and cuts provide the basis of the material, their assemblage hiding complex patterns under a random facade. In some pieces, beat is reduced to a fugitive pulse. It is put forward only twice, in &Shuffle& and &Or,& the latter being the only thumping track -- it is also one of the strangest, with a sharp Pita/Mego flavor. Most of the pieces flow by unnoticed due to their shortness and lack of distinctive features. In fact, some of them sound more like studies -- exercises to find the right texture to be used in a future, more developed work. As it is, Take Nothing for Granted is somewhat disappointing. Duke's decision to stick to stripped-down, minimalist constructions doesn't translate into a convincing artistic statement. The album picks up some momentum in the last few tracks (&Or,& &Source,& the very short &Shovel& produced with Chris Douglass (aka O.S.T.)), but it is not enough to lift the impression that Duke fell victim of a momentary lack of inspiration.