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A Shocking Hobby (CD)

By: Speedy J (Artist)
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DISC 1 for A Shocking Hobby (CD) Album By Speedy J (Artist)
1   Terre Zippy
2   Borax
3   Ferber Mudd
4   Balk Acid
5   Drill
6   Caligula
7   Vopak
8   Actor Nine
9   Sabina Seat
10   Amoco Cadiz
11   Manhasset
 
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Review

Rolling Stone (5/25/00, p.76) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...Aggro for eggheads....[Speedy J] has borrowed some skronk from the Aphex Twin, and he brings that noise into Metallica's backyard..."
Q (5/00, p.119) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...continues a process of stripping down to an asteroid-pitted beat-base, J working wonders inside his Rotterdam home studio..."
The Wire (4/00, p.59) - "...Bludgeoning, desolate music....an uncompromising take on post-Industrial Techno, celebrating the combined effects of corrosion and distortion upon the rhythms of modern urban existence....Stark, rigorous and challenging, this could well be the Future Sound of Rotterdam."
Muzik (4/00, p.84) - 3 out of 5 - "...Bookended by ambient soundbites, the meat in the sandwich is very much the sound of someone with one demon too many lurking in their subconscious....if noise is your thing, then this should sate your appetite..."
CMJ (4/24/00, p.29) - "...Sinks even deeper into dementia with a grating concoction of techno/industrial experimentation....An odd, sometimes uncomfortable listen to be sure, but who said evolution was easy."
Mojo (Publisher) (5/00, p.103) - "...His most complete and satisfying work yet....exploring the darkest of ambiences, like Eno if he were a little less polite or Aphex Twin with less beard and more funk, yet it's hardly chill-out - more an Arctic freeze, cold to the bone..."

Title Note

Personnel includes: Jochem "Speedy J" Paap.

Jochem Paap has relegated his more contemplative ambient exercises to a series of FAX Label collections, leaving popular alter ego Speedy J vulnerable to the malevolent machinations of Paap's fulminating id. A SHOCKING HOBBY hones the formidable sonic attack that made 1999's PUBLIC ENERGY #1 such a revelation. Only Paap could bring such refinement to such a dangerous record.

"Terre Zippy" and "Manhasset" bookend the brunt of A SHOCKING HOBBY's harrowing onslaught with beatless hymns that suggest holy minimalists Arvo Part and Gyorgi Ligeti on a bad acid trip. Once the punishing beats kick in, Speedy J makes outstanding use of stereo panning effects and whiplash Doppler shifts. If "Drill" and "Actor Nine" are hurricanes of noxious gases and rust-wrought hip-hop, then "Caligula" and the eerily calm "Sabina Seat" are in the eye of HOBBY's storm. The double-barreled breakbeat attack of "Balk Acid" and "Vopak" rips through melodic fortifications with tornado force, strewing techno components hither and yon. "Amoco Cadiz" surveys the damage with a stunned mix of awe and despair, while the gorgeous piano elegy "Manhasset" offers both a prayer for the lost and a blessing for a new beginning.

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