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| 3.5 great | I Am Saruman, The Multicoloured | November 4th 19 |
Kashiwa Daisuke goes 180 degrees after Program Music and dives right back to eletronic music, exploring multiple genres such as abstract hip hop, ambiant, drum 'n' bass, house...when people expected him to follow up on the critically acclaimed Program Music. 5 Dec. lacks the coherency of Kashiwa's previous efforts but still manages to produce a very varied and interesting effort. While a few songs (Silver Moon, About Moonlight) fall into mindless repetition, the album manages to grab the listener's attention all the way through.
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| 3.5 great | Matt Wolfe EMERITUS | March 30th 09 |
Daisuke has taken a few steps in a new direction with this record, searching for new sounds to add to his already impressive arsenal and, in many ways, he’s been successful. But on the other hand, 5 Dec. shows him making a sacrifice, venturing too far into the darkness in the pursuit of too many different noises and, without his original shining brilliance to light the path, getting lost along the way. There’s no denying that 5 Dec. is exhilarating, intriguing, interesting, at times even mesmerising. But the endless captivation, the rapturously hypnotizing consummation of Program Music I has all but vanished with 5 Dec., the strive for accessibility throwing it to the sky to be carried away by the wind like a choir’s chorus echoing across an empty chasm. Kashiwa Daisuke will have learned a lot from his latest exerts. Here’s hoping he can turn that experience into genuine electronic ingenuity with his next effort. Luckily for him, there’s no-one more suited to the task.
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| 4.0 excellent | Get Low | February 1st 22 |
| 3.5 great | remi | May 14th 20 |
| 3.5 great | Nero | May 25th 18 |
| 3.0 good | niaL | November 11th 16 |
| 2.0 poor | rjk | April 22nd 16 |
| 3.5 great | Wiosna | March 29th 14 |
| 2.5 average | dvergtr | January 20th 14 |
| 4.5 superb | oakke | February 19th 13 |
| 2.5 average | LC437 | January 4th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | Yami | May 27th 12 |
| 3.0 good | pumi | April 4th 12 |
| 2.5 average | Gapwick | February 4th 12 |
| 3.5 great | perlox | November 11th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | zaiyaku | October 2nd 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | Gooey | August 24th 11 |
| 3.0 good | tuk | August 20th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | kayu | July 26th 11 |
| 3.0 good | varul | May 7th 10 |
| 3.0 good | Comj | February 23rd 10 |
| 2.5 average | Daedus | July 6th 09 |
| 2.5 average | kingsoby1 EMERITUS | March 29th 09 |
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