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raw42 - review date may 01, 1999 by Alex i quite like this band from new york although i'm not entirely sure why. perhaps it's their ability to fuse together few sounds to create a full song or perhaps it's just the fact that they're different from the mass of electronica artists. either way, nakeddna have a quality to their music which is entirely pleasurable - low key, but well done. yumyum is quietly driven by a slow kick drum and an opaque saw wave but what makes this song especially good is the vocals. most of you won't be familiar with an old band called traffic headed by steve winwood but they created some music (albeit not electronic) with an almost tribal quality and the style/vocal's from yumyum remind me greatly of traffic's 40,000 headmen. a silly comparison perhaps but traffic were such a good band and i think a comparison of this magnitude is a compliment :) with whatever!, naked dna take on the drum 'n bass feel overlaid with melodic progressions. not quite up to par with yumyum but a good, solid outing nonetheless. incorporating a pink floyd style sax for venus works very well. the song is carried by a very bassy laid back drum track. slightly jazzy but with a new age/ambient edge, this song is so tasteful and well structured. the extreme delay on the vocals enforces the ambient style which tends to change throughout the song but always remains true to the arrangement. a very impressive composition deserving of high recommendation so we've added it to raw42's top songs list. very well done. |
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raw42 - review date apr 15, 1999 by Alex perhaps one of the all-time heaviest sub bass drums opens ambition an otherwise mellow dance track. the use of stereo is excellent, you never know which side of your headphones the next sound is going to appear. the lewd female vocals that are sparingly placed are well done, they almost go unnoticed. manual (overdrive) is a fast song with an original start, a girl saying so we hit the spacebar.. and now it's playing back for us.. i thought it was funny. again the vocals samples are immersed in the music so that you have to strain to hear them. an interesting choice of style. sarah lawrence is composed of a slow breakbeat that could easily be the backing for a rap song, but the fleeting resonant bass line takes it into the experimental dance genre. the experimental part being the vocals. a guy talking about when he went to school with sarah lawrence and a dog that was taken to a laboratory. i like this song for its heavy beat and the coolness of those vocals. the saxophone sample is also inspired. interesting in style and certainly danceable music from new york. check it out because nakeddna music is well worth your download time. |
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AMP3 Reviews - Electronica Review by Bruce Satinover NakedDNA produce quality dance oriented electronica that features strong beats and TB style bass synth. "Sarah
Lawrence" has an entertaining monologue that runs through the song that works both as an interesting timbre but also as a story. Placement of the occasional and sparse non-rhythmic instruments make "Sarah
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RLats posted 04-08-99 09:24 PM PT (US) Naked DNA
Peace Keep going even further, new singing melodies to your hopped up beats and breaks.. Ron Latwis
MarioSchumacher posted 04-09-99 11:13 PM PT (US) Olá, nakedDNA !!! Yumyum Samba Nova You should write more songs like Ambition. It's really brilliant !!!
Please check out at least my DAM-only tracks "Nocturnal Visions" and "Aimless" (InstantPlay on my DAM CD)... Peace, Edge Of Dawn !!!
Michael Chunusoff posted 04-11-99 05:22 PM PT (US) Last but not least for the day is NakedDNA Ambition--> I don't know why, but I vision eating an apple and seeing a little dude inside.
Sometimes I feel like I'm in Pakistan, and other times I feel like I'm in South Central Los Angeles. Now the female in the song intimidates me even though she has a soothing voice. I envision my self riding a bycicle at
times......I don't know.....I feel different emotions and see different things. She keeps saying how big are your dreams I think. Maybe a city scape? Samba Nova--> Sounds like the beginning of a
pink floyd song.....crossed with...Badar Ali Khan.....then going techno....I feel like I'm in a bad trip. It does give me a bit of insane look on things. I'm loosing my mind. Hey that was Russian for "Your a
Soldier". Sounds like a chemical factory now. "Square"?...is that what she's saying? Interesting..... Venus--> Very atmospheric and surreal.....soothing...I imagine colorful
spheres. The sax comes in. I'm in a bar...on Mars. No...duh....I'm on venus. A female Martian catches my eye. The sax is whaling. The voices in my head are taking me over......spaceships zoom by my face. I see the
Female again, and she approaches me. But I'm so messed up, I can't even talk to her. She licks me on the face. I keep hearing that car....I MISS CARS!!! I want to go back home. the beat picks up.....I hear a guitar in
the distance....but it just isn't the same. Maybe if I think hard enough, Venus will be just like Earth. Oh look.....that's a rock star!! he's keen. IF YOURE NOT INTO METAL, YOURE NOT MY FRIEND!!! That female......she's
got a bod...and that hair? I just want to rip it off and shove it up my asshole. Those numbers...Those are my winning numbers!!! It's the code to get out of here!!! Oh god......I have to get the f%*k out
.........sleep.....ahh good idea. That was a nightmare. I feel emotionally drained. Thanks
BlakeRhodes posted 04-29-99 04:00 PM PT (US) Hey Yeah, its me again, and I am back at it. You know
reveiwing stuff. Today I am doing Naked DNA and might I say, wow! The first song I listented to was Ambition. The drum track through out the song is good, but not great. I being a drummer,
makes me a little critical of drums (esp. MACHINES).
Stero Vision is up next so here we go. The vocals at the beagining are wonderful, cool lyrics also. The build after the first vocal stuff is good but kinda a tease. When I here those big chords just piling up I feal
like okay here we go, but you guys always trick me by going back to the main theme maybe you should set up a big key board part after on of those, just a suggestion. Again you aren't expermental, but you are a good band, group what ever you call yourselves. Becareful with
the drum machines and sampling stuff you could make some one bored to death with it. Don't get me wrong you do a good job, its just that.. I forgot my point. you sound good, I can dance to it.
You guys have fun http://www.nsi-radio.com/reviews.htm 4/29/1999
Nice mood track. I like the melody transitions. Cool production one of the first in Progressive Electronica I like. Good musical production and carefully selected effects. Two thumbs up. Great Job! Worth the wait to download !
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