A Different Kind of Cop: .dmo
- Conscience
- Concession
- Anger is My Friend
- Machine Humaine
A Different Kind of Cop produce what appears at face value to be a very jerky
style of electronic music with far too many preset keyboard sounds. They make
good use of changing timing signatures throughout each track with the tempo
constantly being switched but at times it seems that they do it too often. Just
when you are starting to really get into a particular programmed loop, it
suddenly disappears and is replaced by something much slower or extremely
faster throwing the you off completely. This fact alone defeats the notion that
this band would be effectly in a club audience because it cannot hold even a
constant tempo for more than thirty seconds. The lyrics are perhaps the
strongest element on the entire release with their solid mixing levels and easy
to sing along to nature. The lead-ins and exits of the tracks are also very
strong but do not remain constant within the body of the track which tend
detract from the overall balance of the music. A Different Kind of Cop needs to
try and pinpoint exactly what type of listening audience they are trying to
cater too and adjust the timing of their tracks to a more uniform level to
attract a strong following. They have many of the basic key points down well
and just need to develop a cohesive package in which to wrap their music in
order to be successful.
Contact:
T. Samoff
746A Poli St.
Ventura, CA 93001
(805) 653-0243
E-mail: StatikAge@aol.com
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