plastikman - ex

Anybody saw this coming? Haven't been able to check it out yet, is it good?

I saw it coming, and I've heard good things about it, but I've not heard it yet.

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http://forum.watmm.com/topic/81182-new-plastikman-album/

Maybe more insight in that thread.

hmm okay i checked some samples... is this real?

Where did you hear the samples? Youtube gives me "not available in your country" errors on everything.

Was it bad or good? =(

https://bleep.com/release/52020-plastikman-ex-performed-live-at-the-guggenheim-nyc

it's not very good, could be the compression of bleep...

But the feeling is also quite different from the old stuff.

K listening to the samples, I see what you mean...

It's trying too hard to be minimal... I don't think any of his plastikman stuff will ever compare to sheet one... plasticity ftw.... One of my favorite minimal/ambient whatever you wanna call it tracks, ever.

Expand and Extrude are pretty good though...?

i think it sound great from the samples (so far). maybe not as top tier as his really classic stuff but liking it better than the last full length

is this purchasable yet? it says it comes out tomorrow on the website, it's been years since I ordered from bleep so im not sure if I can on here

EXcited. Will be getting this.

The physical isnt out for a month or so

just purchased the digital, looking forward to this. I've coincidentally been on a Plastikman and Concept 1 binge for the past few weeks, good timing.

the digital download from Bleep (and im guessing other places as well) has a track thats just a continuous mix of the whole album

ok so after a good listen I'd say this is an excellent live show recording but as a stand-alone album it doesn't hold up to his other full lengths. Parts of it feel more raw and less refined than any of his other plastikman stuff, but again since this was a live recording I'm not going to criticize it too much for that. More hits than misses and no weird vocals like on the last album.
I give it a B+

edit: nice to hear him return to those warm 303 lines from his older works, more reminiscent of Artifakts or Sheet One

edit2: most annoying part of the album is probably due to the 'had to be there' aspect of the live show, he keeps cutting the bass of the tracks to create tension and drop the beat back in, but as a home listening thing it's not as smooth, something you wouldn't really hear on any of the regular Plastikman stuff, it's on Concept 1 a little but not like this. There is a really great album buried in here but I think the execution is a tad lacking.

Really like this so far, very expansive and dynamic sounding album. Glad to have Hawtin back.

Pleasantly surprised by this, although I was expecting a live album/DVD/Blu-ray in fancy packaging of the 1.5 tour thingy.

closer was 'deeper' and less boring

It was actually really not as bad as I expected (still, I had the constant urge to switch to the Colundi Sequence). Totally agree with what John E said as well, the "had to be there" part esp.

I was at peace with Plastikman never releasing anything after Closer, this seems a bit unneccessary and has a bit of a rock 'n' roll reunion album feel to it.

Yeah, I thought closer was pretty mediocre and disappointing, but it's still way better than this.

Official Vimeo full album preview:

[vimeo]97723029[/vimeo]

From the samples, I think this sounds pretty good! Agreed, John, it sounds live with the low end cuts and little imperfections, but it doesn't bother me. It still sounds lush and large. Best stuff I've heard from Hawtin in a while.

this album is already ex to me

I'm really not impressed. I probably would have liked this more 10+ years ago. I'll be sticking with the Colundi Sequence stuff for my minimal techno-ish needs thank you.

Well after the first play I like it, I don't love it but I will def play again. It wasn't as dark as the cover lead me to believe, I like my Plastikman dark, like my coffee.

Yeah it's not as bad as samples led me to believe. Will be giving it another shot.

the tracks sound good but I'm no Plastikman expert

I'm down with it. Doesn't have that old school Plastikman vibe, but it doesn't need to.