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The First Estate

The First Estate
July 9th, 2010
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Disco64′s debut album, The First Estate is a combination of hundreds of different samples spanning many genres and eras, mixed together so as to create a single, dance-centric piece of music. The music is produced primarily in Logic 9, and a full list of all samples used in the record can be found on Disco64′s facebook page.

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  • DozzWednesday
    10.18.2010

    I don’t mean to sound like a troll, or some super stuck-up bastard or anything, but this album is kinda bad. Jam packing a release with hundreds of samples is always a great idea, but a lot of it just doesn’t work as well as it should. Mainly due to the timing and/or transitions. It jumps around and swaps tempos far too abruptly, making it sound really disjointed.

    Also, sampling other mashups doesn’t ever really bother me, but I think that it’s done a bit too much here.

    Highlight: The Owl City harmonies etc.
    Low light: Lack of consistency/flow.

    I mean no offence, I just wish to offer my own constructive critcism.

    Thanks.

    Orgizmo?

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    • awellnew
      10.18.2010

      I’d say its a good first try. Some great artists on here (in my opinion) had fairly bad first releases, and I wouldn’t say this is horrible. Its a learning process, I’m sure.

      I’ve been waiting for another Deskhop album for a while now, and this –at times– comes close to that mashup style. If you haven’t heard his stuff yet, check it out.

      But, you do have a couple good points. Transitions can be a bit rough (example the wonderwall instrumental), particularly when you style this as a “single piece of music” instead of multiple separate songs.

      I’m going to keep listening to it, I think. Don’t get discouraged. Like I said, its a learning process.

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    • SteepleMeister
      10.18.2010

      This is a refreshingly new album. Even though other artists also might use a large number of samples, the A vs B vs C blueprint applies. The First Estate is a different style and may sound disjointed to some, but it is one of the more technically difficult mash-up albums I’ve heard.

      The Owl City harmonies were indeed great, but I the Great Dictator speech towards the end is a major highlight–it is one of the more obvious facets of an underlying plot to the album.

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