Larrok

DeRank ™: 5,57

DeAge™ : 7250 days • Here since 5 august 2006

Yume Bitsu Yume Bitsu

8 sep 07

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immense album, the psychedelic overlay of clean guitars brings tears to my eyes, the unsettling ambient parts are spectacular and disorienting; time and again, the drums deliver bursts of great class... I see a lot of Mogwai, Slint, and even Tangerine Dream... perhaps for its originality it doesn’t deserve 5 stars but I give them anyway because it's too much "the post-rock album I’d like to always hear," just like Spiderland or Hex.

Dream Theater Score - 20th Anniversary World Tour

7 sep 07

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I vote again after a year.

Children Of Bodom Follow The Reaper

30 aug 07

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Damn, I saw them live and they really suck, I don't know how anyone can give 4 or 5 stars to these bands that have everything but originality, the usual metal band for the average "truzzo" fan, just to stay on theme with the review.

Jamiroquai The Return Of The Space Cowboy

29 aug 07

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Great album of smooth funk, with a prevalence of low frequencies... "Space Cowboy" (the album version) is a drug with that fantastic rhythm section.

Neil Zaza When Gravity Fails

29 aug 07

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Yes, I don't deny that Vai is an innovator of the guitar, indeed he is among the best experimenters when it comes to sounds and techniques...from a compositional point of view, however, it can't really be said that he is genius or at least original, much like several others, such as Satriani, Petrucci, Gilbert. This is why for me the albums of "shredders" like those of Zaza or the ordinary guy of the moment can be entertaining essays, but they will never have the qualities of an artistic work, unlike the masterpieces of Chopin (classical) or Miles Davis (jazz) or Slint (rock).

Neil Zaza When Gravity Fails

28 aug 07

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I listened to "Staring at the Sun" and found it to be the usual guitar-heavy album à la Vai or Satriani, based as usual on clichéd and overplayed melodies performed by cold session musicians... don't get me wrong, great touch and great technique, but that can at best be enough for a didactic showcase, not for an album aiming for an artistic outcome. Although I haven't listened to the album being reviewed here, I think I've already grasped the character— a classic instrumentalist (not a musician) who makes the mistake, like many others, of thinking about music merely as the aseptic use of musical instruments, sticking to pre-packaged patterns and therefore never even considering the problem of any semblance of original reworking.

Psychotic Waltz A Social Grace

26 aug 07

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Basically, as far as technique goes, they are Megadeth version 2.0, plus the typical progressive quotation presumption of Dream Theater and a rich dose of assorted heavy metal copying; furthermore, oftentimes the arrangements lack originality. They are partially excusable, however, for the effort they put into trying to sound original, even if the results are not of the highest level...the problem is that this language has very little to say now, especially if, as in their case, one limits themselves to retrieving the usual worn-out clichés.

Claudio Baglioni Viaggiatore Sulla Coda Del Tempo

24 aug 07

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hahaha great rhymes, much better than those of "the traveler on the chapel of time"

Eddie Murphy Raw (Nudo e crudo)

24 aug 07

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Great dubbing by the legendary Tonino, who perfectly conveys all the expressiveness of Eddie Murphy. Excellent monologue, now almost a classic of comedy.

Picchio Dal Pozzo Abbiamo Tutti I Suoi Problemi

23 aug 07

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Very complex album by Picchio Dal Pozzo, comparable here to certain experiments by Henry Cow (and I'm sure it's a compliment for them). Nevertheless, for me, their best is definitely the self-titled debut from 1976.