A sampler, why am I writing about a sampler? Because I can.
Why are the musicians present on the sampler doing music? Maybe because they can or at least think so.
It actually doesn't matter that much when talking about this collection of stuff because in this bunch of madness
it's hard to tell if someone is doing a great job or just plugging cinch cables in a broken electronic toy dump.
And yeah, basically that's the resumee right before I started trying to get kind of serious. But maybe we also try that.
It all starts with some intro music including samples from probably different intros. Weird electronic tones and some
voices talking about Kooky Nuts Pop (What do you want? Kooky Nuts Pop) and so on. A fitting intro to this sampler which goes on
with quite a slow minimal track by Colunge with some blibs and blops defining some lounge-like rhythm not missing some dirty tones
thrown in by the artist. It's not that catchy tune or rave track but a nice appetizer for whats up to come next.
The first sparkling star indeed is Wevie at work. Starting also with a slow beat we're getting int some weird computer speech-based job interview.
Everything gets a bit more spheric and a typewriter starts typing through the rest of the song. The conversation with a very rational person also including
some noise sound of not earthed gadgets or something like this. It's also not that great of work but it at least will give one a bit of a smile on the face
and that's when the magic of this compilation starts.
The following Mambo XP38C is presenting the cheapest Mambo rhythmics refined with some percussion effects from something that sounds like a Yamaha keyboard.
There are also some quicker more electric elements later in the track added reminding of some old computer game soundtracks sped up. Maybe they even are just that.All in all it's a very cliché kind of thing pushing the ones who really need to on the dancefloor. It's kind of catchy, it is kind of danceable yet
it's nothing that appears to be out for that but has more a flavor of nostalgia, very poor wannabe party bands out in the woods and coming along this impression in an
absolutely shameless way. Thiaz Itch is starting an affront against his listeners because this song is everything but not serious. And those still
listening will get to hear more of this.
In this thought the next track is a study of some music box theme. At first starting in a swing setting the light metal teeth sound goes through winter-like
melodies and at lastt some dubstep like passage. Very light food this can of worms.
Kunna Fakta is unlike the others the first track that's kind of working as a nearby normal track you could also expect on some other sampler.
It has the vibe of some chillout techno track mixed with some quirky modulations. That's not enough to be a solid track because it isn't as rich on ideas
as the other pieces of music but is definitely an interlude also imaginable on a dancefloor.
Taking a long walk to the lethe leads through a quiet choo-choo-train intro and leads through some idyllic soundscapes with old accordeon electronics.
Some bell lightened slow dubstep passages let it be also a bit euphoric before all becomes silent. Super sympathique track breaking up the roughness chiptunes has as main characteristic
most of time.
Spray Poivre is also counting on the sunday walk feeling with Insolite. A bit more sparkling even less rough the sun shines while slendering a path through a lighted forest
and grass landscapes.
Bone Reader is the first track of an artist I knew before. That's not Monster Zoku Onsomb! but the famous Retrigger from Brazil that brought to us such fine Breakcore action
paired with burning theremin action. He remixed the track Bone Reader. What comes out is some outstanding track in Retrigger style. Full party with the probable original lyrics
also with a bit of vodoo flair despite all the artificial elements and the remix. A track taht finitely works for itself and one of my favourites of this compilation.
Wodzirej instead is quite dumb. Most time constant beats little variations but also uneasy listening because of high and low frequent noise put everywhere it fitted and didn't fit.Uneasy listening pop, impossible for having a party yet with high energy with handclaps for the rhythm.
After giving its first highlight Kooky Nuts Pop crashes the party again with eyes wide open and it doesn't get better
And that's mostly because the lyrics go also down now. Shaked shuffled and sped up vocals
about a nice booty are the main motive of the track. Sounds get slow, sounds get fast, sounds are paired with effects
showing no shame again. Music for a funny interlude or just because one shove the CD in the player and the skip button is too far away.
Sry for not being sry, not my favourite.
Because that's Turbine power, bass, crazyness, beats and the roughness of electronic sounds I personally love so much this work of Jankenpopp kis my absolute favourite.
I guess it's still a secret hint (Geheimtipp) looking at the scene but one of the most
remarkable tracks powering almost all the three minutes it lasts for some dancefloor action like your're pumped up with drugs (mostly coffein).
The Tourist Mix of Megami keeps up the speed starting with some DnB going to psytrance going on to Kawaiicore and Gabba and going
back to Kawaiicore again wit some small breakcorish moments in between. Some really fine stuff indeed.
The japano flair is also part of Miranda at least the first minute of the track. Because just when you thought
this compilation finally sitched to party mode Breakmaster Cylinder does just what his name says: Breaks.
Some wub wubs and breaks destroy everything you thought was the potential of this song. Not the track
you'd give props but enough for a good laugh or grin. The first time and all the times later on.
The next protagonist on this sampler is the infamous Captain Credible. Mostly known for pairing his albums with lofi
music maker gear he presents some confusing track about obsolete robots (humans?) batteling for cash.
It's a staccato dancetrack with sounds and beats built in. These are changing nearly all the time the track is running before the final quiet passage
begins sounding like a youtube credit outro. A good track lifting up the mood after the shutdown of the Breakmaster before.
Nie wierze w to slysze is nevertheless more silent again. Smooth sounds for lounges are coming out of the music boxes drifting sometimes intomore psychedelic trippy soundspheres while decorating elements like some queeking catlike synth sound turn from a stylish side dish to
an annoying arhythmic tone popping up in different intensities during the three minutes.
The end is btw. kind of surprising, better have a listen yourself for that. It demystifies the leading smooth sound nevertheless.
The next one is some kind of rework of classical clavicord music. A bit like Scarlatti Goes Electro but a bit slower
and also more minimal. With a more fat than light sound especially in its second half. Roughness is probably intended for title reason.
Poborsk is exploring and reworking the esoteric sounds in Nu Age. Light sounds with some vibe added but nevertheless very near to
the massage and spa feeling. Also some reminiscences to wave sounds are included.
The atmosphere doesn't end with Xylitol's Lupron. A bit ambient, maybe a bit field recording leads
a silent signal through reduced soundscapes and even total silence.
A light sound like taken from the lost test rooms of Portal 2 is the background of the famale voiced cover version of Elvis Presley's Love me tender that follows up.
The song doesn't sound that deep but more like a dreamlike tribute to long forgotten times and a bit saddening.
It's nothing someone would suppose to be an Elvis cover but it's therefore one well done taking the oriiginal as meterial for new aspects, moods and interpretations.
The final title done by Krojc is something minimal techno sound with soundscapes over it as one may has heard it in works
of "Fuck Buttons", (the tracks with less noise and no shouting). Sound is warm, a bit majestic. Sound is going up and developing before going down at the end.
You may want some event instead but this is it. The end of Kooky Nuts Pop vol.2 with a track for starting raves as its last tones.
So time for some final words after over one hour of so called music. Kooky Nuts Pop vol.2 is what it is, a sampler and no album so don't expect an album feeling.
Despite the last few tracks one won't get a consistent mood, feeling or an idea spanning over a long duration. What you get instead
is a shaking mix of lo-fi electro/chiptunes/ambient and breakcorish tracks. Uplifting, chilling, danceable and noisy moods are mixed together and deliver therefore
an astonishing bomb of great and not so great ideas. Euphoria and disappointment are very close on this CD but that's also what the cover suggests with its blue screaming cat.If you have a listen I'll guess soon you'll wonder why the f*** you gave it a listen and after that why the f*** you're still going on: Absurdity of life is the answer I guess.
A rating is difficult for me but I try. Nevertheless I like the ideas and I like the sampler and also like most of the tracks. There is some filling material
and after all it's still only a sampler. Most of the tracks are from the underground scene getting them to to light for a broader audience which I appreciate.
But most of the artists are therefore also not the peak of the iceberg because reasons.
So I'll give it something like 3.3/5 a very solid sampler worth a listen, comparable with the ancient Party Ruiners series the Ego Twister label used to publish.
Not a must buy but a can buy. Works especially fine as a funny present. Think about it before buying handcuffs or dildos for your friend instead.
CD in digipak and pwyw download available on https://istotne-nagr.bandcamp.com/album/kooky-nuts-pop-vol-2
