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Online Unsigned: Self Delusion
www.mp3.com/self_delusion
It would appear that since it's creation the most popular type of music on
MP3.com is dance / electronic. Is this because out of all the types of music
you could cr eate
it is becoming the most accessible? Or is it because you don't have to deal
with other people in your musical scheme? Who reading this would happily forego
the pleasure of the vocalist with an ego the size of an Elephant testicle? Or
ignore the bassist with the personality defects and ego over complexities? One
joy of creating electronic music is that when you want the drums to stop they
will; and you only have to punch in the information once.
In a way electronic music in the late 90s and to date could be
viewed as the greatest liberation of music since some fella somewhere thought
hitting a log with a stick might sound groovy. No longer do you need thousands
of pounds for studio time and years of training. Music is now something that has
become truly accessible to everyone. The only problem with this freedom is that
it is a lot harder to sort the wheat from the chaff.
Self Delusion create a fairly ambient sound that is just this
side of euro pop. The opening track 'The Wings of Gabriel' sounds like the
incidental music from the PlayStation game �Nightmare Creatures�. Your little
fella is walking round in circles in a dark 1800s London back street and in the
background you hear ominous music that lets you know that something with a ton
of teeth is about to attach itself to your nether regions. The next track
'Masque' starts quite promisingly with guitars before sinking back and relaxing
with some ambient noodling.
After listening to all the tracks on the site I felt like there
was something that I needed to know to enjoy them. To be honest I am not a
massive fan of this genre; I'm not sure how to listen to it! I used to love
listening to Aphex Twin whilst drifting off to sleep. Maybe I'll try the same
with Self Delusion. They create a nice kind of non invasive music. It doesn't
challenge you; you can just put it on and the mood of the room changes instantly
for the better.
Andrew Culture
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