Bealla's
Bobby Pins
"Baby Food Furniture" CDR
Ionik
Recordings
Genres: electronica, computer music
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Sep 15 - 21 2003 |
Bealla's
Bobby Pins is electronic musician Matt Beall's solo
project. It sees him composing interesting mini-overtures on his
computer that are very fun and often toy-influenced. Baby Food
Furniture is his second album thus far on Cincinnati imprint Ionik
Recordings, and it could very well be his best.
The most successful moment on this album is probably "Snow
Shoes", a Niun Niggung-era Mouse on Mars styled
number. The purposefully dinky "Pulse and Speed" is also a
nice tune, complete with a tinkly background melody to go with the
modified beats.
The only problem with Baby Food Furniture is that it takes
quite a bit of time to get into. At first, a listener might find Beall's
style a bit too drab and uninteresting, especially when he relies on
repetition in tunes like "Don't Ya Put Him Down." After
awhile, though, you get more and more engaged in the music's sound,
and while Baby Food Furniture will likely be more successful as
background music than headphones-on-and-chill-out material, there's
still lots to like.
Baby Food Furniture isn't groundbreaking or Nobel
Prize-deserving, but it's a fun romp for fans of homemade electronic
music.
82%
Matt Shimmer
[Vitals: 11 tracks, distributed by the
label, released 2003] |