Style: electronic music
Primary Emotions/Themes: a curious mix of genres that gives me the feeling as if I'm under water
Thoughts: It's interesting how things change over time. This was one of the first albums that I reviewed on my original blog. I found it fascinating then and I still find the album fascinating now.
I haven't listened to this thing in several years, after I was done with the original review I was a bit burnt out on it. For the longest time I had no desire to listen anymore, and that feeling persisted for several years. Now though as I'm going through my collection I find that I have forgotten a lot of what this album sounds like, even though I spent so much time with it in my past.
I find that this album is a lot like swimming in shallow water. There are melodies that resemble currents, atmospheres that resemble beams of light, and it's all within the context of being underneath the water. The production in and of itself is a major part of this, there is a waviness to it that many other albums do not have. It helps define the album wither it's in a state of high melody or its in one of the more droning ambient sections - they both sound like they belong on the same album.
Reset is a diverse album, with music ranging from the aforementioned ambient moments to melodies that resemble video game soundtracks. It does all of these styles with a consistency and grace that few other albums do. It has been some time since I listened to this album from my initial run, but I do know that it will not be nearly as long before I revisit it again.
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