May 23, 2011 • Planet Mu Records
Something easy to start off with.
You have to admire Aaron Funk not only for his position as one of the most prolific and successful breakcore artists but also for being as diverse as he is. As the title suggests, this cute little EP has nothing to do with breakcore and has more of a glitched-up dub sound. Or is it a dubbed-up glitch sound? It's hard to say, since the styles fuse together pretty well. We also hear a bit of that classical fusion from Rossz in one or two tracks and, again, it doesn't seem out of place.
However I must admit that I find the songwriting itself to be a bit lackluster. We don't usually hear a lot of slow Snares and I don't think it's something he's quite accustomed to yet. So I suppose I'm glad this is just an EP—this would never have worked as a full-length album; it would probably come off even more uninteresting than Huge Chrome Cylinder Box Unfolding, although the tracks presented here are all pretty different: some broken beat, some dub, a bit of regular old breakcore... he almost reaches into Aphex Twin territory at times too, which is unusual but neat. I am glad he made this EP, EPs are excellent for experimenting with your sound and seeing what different things you can do, and that's usually what he does; I'd call this one a mild success, but not quite interesting enough to warrant more than one or two listens.
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