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Moodlex | Moodlex Sessions

Versatile and promising debut from an artist who still has to find a face of his own.
CD, Wally\'s Groove World/N.E.W.S.

Tekst: da volgaBabe

Publicatiedatum: 04 oktober 2002

Frank Bongers' Moodlex album is a little bit of a mixed bag. It starts out with three sunny, Naked-style house tracks that are so-o-o-o kind and innocent you want to give them a hug. Extintor, too, is a little bit thin at first, but its crispy percussion points to better things to come. Faith, for example, is tight'n'funky hiphop, while Unlikely is a slow and dubby affair that also includes some nice double-bass bits. The relaxed Original, while being far from it, is bossa-with-flutes graced with a subtle, coming-and-going breakdown. Pressure is drum'n'bass that is, again, so sweet that it would even put Bukem to sleep. Amazing is better but its all too ridiculous sampling could have been toned down a little. The plaintive Umbro is a string-laden dramatic downbeat thing, while Weird is a spooky collage in the vein of DJ-Shadow or Tricky. Lodrive, again, contains some superior percussion loops and is a tech-house workout that shows off Moodlex' obvious talent. A talent that shows its brooding potential with the estranged bleep-house of Nihilistic, a track that is so good it could have been on Force Tracks or Playhouse. It is mostly the second part of the album that makes waves and that makes for an altogether promising debut from someone who, however, still has to claim a territory that he can call his own. Our advice to Moodlex: ditch the house and d'n'b and continue on the breaks tip. Come to think of it: ditch the stupid one-word titles, too.

http://www.kindamuzik.net/recensie/moodlex/moodlex-sessions/1918/
Meer Moodlex op KindaMuzik: http://www.kindamuzik.net/artiest/moodlex