Rustie - Glass Swords

this guy actually uses those forbidden drum hits that go like

do.. do.. do.. do.. do do do do dodododo *start next part of song*

its like.. woah.

someone actually does that still..

argh i've got that mogwai t-shirt.

This music is very cool, it took a while but on the forth listen out of nowhere I went !!!

One thing I found interesting, particularly on Last.fm, was how people were knocking down Hudson Mohawke over this. My problem with this is that Hudson's new EP doesn't sound similar to Glass Swords at all. I can understand with Sunburst, a few years ago Hudson and Rustie did sound similar, but at this point they are starting to develop their own sounds. Not to mention it's a bit unfair to compare a LP to an EP.

Fact review 5/5 - http://www.factmag.com/2011/10/11/rustie-glass-swords/

Did not enjoy it that much. I can see how his style is something that is not done a lot, but the actual tracks are pretty uninspired. I was listening to it while riding a bike and had to switch it off because it got frustratingly bad at places.

I love it more and more... pure fun Warp should have put that LP out in early summer I think.

  On 10/16/2011 at 12:15 PM, Jur said:

One thing I found interesting, particularly on Last.fm, was how people were knocking down Hudson Mohawke over this. My problem with this is that Hudson's new EP doesn't sound similar to Glass Swords at all. I can understand with Sunburst, a few years ago Hudson and Rustie did sound similar, but at this point they are starting to develop their own sounds. Not to mention it's a bit unfair to compare a LP to an EP.

i was actually just going to post about how the opposite is true. That Rustie before this EP did have a much more unique sound where he stuck to purely synthetic sounds most of the time, and now with this new EP he seems to be decidedly biting the Hudmo 'butter' sound by using a lot of sampled drums and similar sample treatments. I liked Rustie's earlier more 808 synth heavy centric stuff better

i like it but i find the synths are really digital sounding and a bit harsh

  On 10/19/2011 at 10:37 PM, Awepittance said:

  On 10/16/2011 at 12:15 PM, Jur said:

One thing I found interesting, particularly on Last.fm, was how people were knocking down Hudson Mohawke over this. My problem with this is that Hudson's new EP doesn't sound similar to Glass Swords at all. I can understand with Sunburst, a few years ago Hudson and Rustie did sound similar, but at this point they are starting to develop their own sounds. Not to mention it's a bit unfair to compare a LP to an EP.

 

i was actually just going to post about how the opposite is true. That Rustie before this EP did have a much more unique sound where he stuck to purely synthetic sounds most of the time, and now with this new EP he seems to be decidedly biting the Hudmo 'butter' sound by using a lot of sampled drums and similar sample treatments. I liked Rustie's earlier more 808 synth heavy centric stuff better

Very interesting, thank you.

  On 10/14/2011 at 9:23 AM, MAXIMUS MISCHIEF said:

this guy actually uses those forbidden drum hits that go like

do.. do.. do.. do.. do do do do dodododo *start next part of song*

 

its like.. woah.

someone actually does that still..

God damn, I do a bit of that with my new Pselodux stuff. By the time my new album comes out, people are gonna be accusing me of ripping him off

  On 10/20/2011 at 12:52 AM, yek said:

i like it but i find the synths are really digital sounding and a bit harsh

I think that's the point, right?

right....this record jams

You know, I am going to keep going with the video game theme and say that a few tracks on this sound a lot like Jazz Jackrabbit.

  On 10/20/2011 at 2:07 AM, Jur said:

  On 10/19/2011 at 10:37 PM, Awepittance said:

  On 10/16/2011 at 12:15 PM, Jur said:

One thing I found interesting, particularly on Last.fm, was how people were knocking down Hudson Mohawke over this. My problem with this is that Hudson's new EP doesn't sound similar to Glass Swords at all. I can understand with Sunburst, a few years ago Hudson and Rustie did sound similar, but at this point they are starting to develop their own sounds. Not to mention it's a bit unfair to compare a LP to an EP.

 

i was actually just going to post about how the opposite is true. That Rustie before this EP did have a much more unique sound where he stuck to purely synthetic sounds most of the time, and now with this new EP he seems to be decidedly biting the Hudmo 'butter' sound by using a lot of sampled drums and similar sample treatments. I liked Rustie's earlier more 808 synth heavy centric stuff better

Very interesting, thank you.

I can only underline this. I like the new Rustie album alot, but he is ripping of Hudson Mohawke all the time and Hudson Mohawke himself is actually way more innovative and on new ground with his new EP, which I also like a lot.

  On 10/20/2011 at 12:52 AM, yek said:

i like it but i find the synths are really digital sounding and a bit harsh

  On 10/20/2011 at 10:41 AM, ganus said:

You know, I am going to keep going with the video game theme and say that a few tracks on this sound a lot like Jazz Jackrabbit.

YES, OH YES.

Check the shoutbox: http://www.last.fm/music/Rustie

Jesus, the world seems to be going insane over this album!!!

Pleased for Warp.

Butter is way better than this

not sure i understand all the hype around this album

  On 10/21/2011 at 2:58 AM, vamos scorcho said:

Butter is way better than this

  On 10/21/2011 at 3:06 AM, luke viia said:

not sure i understand all the hype around this album

This+this

I love his take on 'hard techno' or whatever at the beginning of "Death Mountain," but then the Rugrats sounds come in and totally lame out the song. In a lot of cases, I feel like melodies that don't get developed and sounds that are deliberately obtrusive and goofy-sounding ruin the vibe I was hoping for, given the sound of my favorite tracks on this album.

Also, as far as the Hudson Mohawke comparisons -- I find (1) the horn-like synth in After Light is just like the horn-like synth line of "Thunder Bay"; (2) the varying hi-hat speeds on the (crappy) hip-hop takeoff "City Star" works just like Cbat (which I think is equally crappy), and both tracks basically have one annoying melody that is repeated throughout the song without ever going anywhere; and (3) the chipmunk R&B vocal samples on a few tracks are like those in "Thank You" (although I think they sound awesome on both albums).

Not sure how over or under hyped this album is, but I listened to a few songs on the way into work and very much enjoyed it.

  On 10/21/2011 at 4:29 PM, encey said:

I love his take on 'hard techno' or whatever at the beginning of "Death Mountain," but then the Rugrats sounds come in and totally lame out the song. In a lot of cases, I feel like melodies that don't get developed and sounds that are deliberately obtrusive and goofy-sounding ruin the vibe I was hoping for, given the sound of my favorite tracks on this album.

 

Also, as far as the Hudson Mohawke comparisons -- I find (1) the horn-like synth in After Light is just like the horn-like synth line of "Thunder Bay"; (2) the varying hi-hat speeds on the (crappy) hip-hop takeoff "City Star" works just like Cbat (which I think is equally crappy), and both tracks basically have one annoying melody that is repeated throughout the song without ever going anywhere; and (3) the chipmunk R&B vocal samples on a few tracks are like those in "Thank You" (although I think they sound awesome on both albums).

Nice, tracks like Cbat and Thank You have way less fluff and glare, and have more Hip Hop influences than anything.

Now the hype has finally faded a little. I thought I'd give this a listen.

Okay the samples I heard of this lead me to believe this was just soft-cock music, a bit lame. But.

I presume if grasshoppers could make music and if those grasshoppers ate lsd for breakfast then this is the music they would make. So in otherwords is pretty fucking ace!!

  On 11/23/2011 at 8:18 PM, beerwolf said:

Now the hype has finally faded a little. I thought I'd give this a listen.

 

Okay the samples I heard of this lead me to believe this was just soft-cock music, a bit lame. But.

 

I presume if grasshoppers could make music and if those grasshoppers ate lsd for breakfast then this is the music they would make. So in otherwords is pretty fucking ace!!

lol