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Impressions
It's not often I get to hear the
mash-up of breakbeat, drum and bass, and a few prog rock style guitar
licks, so it's nice of Kx- to provide my ears with this opportunity.
In what might also be the shortest EP I've reviewed since joining
wasfuersohr, Kx- (pronounced “kayexminus”) provide listeners with
a brief jolt of energy with the absolutely lead-footed thud of the
drum loops, and the cacophony of electronics bounding about, as well
as a bit of fancy guitar work as well (See “Milla Jovovich REMIX”
for chipmunks-vocalized rapid fire beats over a movie sample). That
high pitched squeal may get on your nerves with repeated listens
(sorry Milla), but at just over two and a half minutes you'll forget
about it by the time “Scrape machine part crevices for edibles”
contorts and gyrates into your ear canals. In the end, 'The most
dangerous of all sharks' is rather like junk food, easy to access and
over quickly, but as easily forgotten and as a listen you're able to
move on from it without much thought. I was originally going to
review another Kx- EP ('EP1 - Like A Good Horse with a Bad Habit')
that had three other original tracks (and “Milla Jovavich” to
round it out), but that has since been removed from their bandcamp in
favour of this. As a time waster or something to listen to while you
brush your teeth in the morning, 'the most dangerous of all sharks'
works just fine, but with only one non-remix tracks to recommend, and
that track only being 25 seconds long, I'd say try and find EP1 which
is a better showcase of Kx-'s talents than this one'. As it stands, 'sharks'
is an interesting electronic album, that's easy to burn through and
go on about your day, it just needs more tracks of original music to
truly shine and showcase what Kx- can do. “3000 tons of lead” is great and I would love to
hear more of that in the future.
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