Kryptic Minds - One Of Us (2009)
Tracklist:
01. Intro
02. One Of Us
03. Generation Dub
04. Stepping Stone
05. Something To Nothing
06. Six Degrees
07. Three Views Of A Secret
08. Secure Lost
09. Dissolved
10. Chosen Few
11. Organic
12. Distant Dawn
My Review :
By this point, I'm pretty confident about what I like in my dubstep. What I want is for an artist to know exactly what they want to do and to stick to that, almost pig-headedly. It doesn't matter what that thing is, just as long as there's a clear motive and directive - be it Vex'd and their love of harsh industrial noise and caveman rhythms, and subsequent determination to make music as heavy as possible, or Burial's constant evocation of urban loneliness, or the dancefloor-ready craziness of a track like Unitz's "The Drop" or The Bug's "Angry".
Kryptic Minds prove it, by being an act with a seemingly unlimited source of good ideas and smart touches, but no clear goal. While One of Us is definitely a good record, it's hard to work out a reason for it to exist, which is a problem for me. Some of it aims for Burial's atmospherics and cut-up vocals, some for Pinch's songcraft, some for a drum'n'bass/dubstep hybrid, some for Boxcutter's IDM experiments, and none of it ever really gels into a conhesive statement. It's not even really something you coudl call derivative, it just seems a little aimless, good as it is.
Kryptic Minds prove it, by being an act with a seemingly unlimited source of good ideas and smart touches, but no clear goal. While One of Us is definitely a good record, it's hard to work out a reason for it to exist, which is a problem for me. Some of it aims for Burial's atmospherics and cut-up vocals, some for Pinch's songcraft, some for a drum'n'bass/dubstep hybrid, some for Boxcutter's IDM experiments, and none of it ever really gels into a conhesive statement. It's not even really something you coudl call derivative, it just seems a little aimless, good as it is.
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