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FC Kahuna -'Machine Say Yes' CD Album

14:13 - June 7, 2002

by trisco

FC Kahuna have recently released a monster electronic compilation to suit the most deiverse of styles. It takes you through a journey of high tempo electronic mayhem, down the the moody gritty simplistic sound incorporated by early techno. A music masterpiece!

FC Kahuna-'Machine Say Yes' CD Album

1. Fear Of Guitars
2. Glitterball
3. Machine Says Yes
4. Growler
5. Nothing Is Wrong
6. Bleep Freak
7. Hayling
8. Mindset To Cycle
9. Microcuts
10. North Pole Transmission

Fc Kahuna display a wide variety of styles in their machine say yes compilation. They display variation in tempo also, driving hard with the fast and furious and deep
with the dark and moody. Whatever your preference 'Machine Say Yes' flaunts it.
It opens with 'Fear Of Guitars' a mellow instrumental with haunting vocals harmonising over the top. An extra vocoded vocal is added to adda weird approach to the
track. Soft guitar strums are added to build an ambience around the track, the feeling grows with the harmonising vocal returning. Following on is the cool electro
bassline of 'Glitterball'. It adds acidic touches and and stomps through with an 80's production touch. The track again emphasises an effected vocal and cuts to the break.
Maintaining a pure acid element it builds for the bassline to stomp. 'Machine Say Is' is my favourite track. It begins with an 80's electro feel again. I think it is similar
to Depeche Mode. A female vocal layers on top of a minimal breakbeat bassline. It swirls through its phrases holding effortless flow. It creates a 'spaced out' atmosphere
with chopped up sounds. Electronic genius! 'Growler' is a menacing track which has all the poise of its name. It has really heavy electronic stabs counteracting a distorted
synth and vocal. Again mini breakbeat changes the bassline. Continuing on 4/4 in strolls at a mild tempo joining layers as it goes. Lighter effects are added to contrast
the track and take it away from the moody. FC Kahuna add sounds like something that has just been featured on Dr.Who. Alien'esque 80's electronic samples. It has a
unique feel which i havent heard from any other artist. Growler holds a mainly minimal approach throughout, enticing you into a mechanical journey. 'Nothing Is Wrong'
starts out in a higher tempo and electronic 'zaps' are the main feature, drawing out a funky bassline and a quality catchy female vocal. The vocal slightly echoes repeating
the same words. The echo is in keeping with the whole electronic theme. It drops its bass rumbling in the depths. The vocal is raised slightly in volume and prominence.
It stutters to raise a twisted disco phrase, building intensity. Effecting the vocals to the maximum it returns to the main body of the track. Changing its bassline to
something between breakdown and 4/4 its dies to its close. 'Bleep Freak' is exactly what it is. Totally full on bleeps like that of minimal techno. Maybe in a kraftwerk vein
slightly. It adds what sound like robotic school-children. It is slow building and very unique. It cuts up an effect like the sound of flowing electricity and just dies to its close.
'Hayling' is possibly the slowest track on the album. It discards the full on electro feel. A soft female vocal winds through the guitar and drum sequences. In the mid section
it dies to just the drums, then to a one phrase quitar strum. It re-enters with the soft vocal and the main layers focussing on a relaxed feel, bt ot ends with a twist and
shows their full electronic touch. 'Mindset To Cycle' starts out quite pounding with a nice symbol touch to it. The symbol cuts and provides the main body of the track. It
is more in keeping with a progressive track. Deep bassline and dark effects. It holds small electronic currents, but is almost edging away from that scene. An 80' style
drum roll leads to track back into similar dark fahion. It sounds like a tech house track, along the same lines as Nathan Drew Larsson. 'Microcuts' is an equally spaced out
track. It has a more funky edge to it. It is minimal electronically and holds a caribbean feel to it. Some cool hand claps split the track and african style synths wind into
the bass. It fades to half pace focussing mainly on the sequence of the bassline. Technically and production wose it is fantastic, dropping sounds it to coincide with other
and the need for a bassline is thrown out of the window as it is mainly an instrumental track. it ends with 'North Pole Transmission' a contrast on the whole album, hardly
any effects are used. Simplicity is the key, holding a basic synth and vocal to command. it ends with an electronic bleep-fitting of the whole album!

This was the hardest album to review. Each track holding similar effects it was hard not to be repetitive. It is a diverse album as mentioned.
You really have to listen to it to understand how simple yet complex it is. It twists through every electronic effect possible, adding some harmonic vocals- excellent
album for the eclectic amongst you.