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Pictures
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by Timo Maas
Sales Rank: 99793
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List Price: $11.98
$11.98
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on 10-2-2008.
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1. Slip In Electro Kid
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2. Pictures
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3. First Day
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4. High Drama
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5. Enter My World
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6. 4 Ur Ears
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7. Release
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8. Big Chevy
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9. Devil Feel
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10. Burn Out
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11. Like Siamese
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12. Haven’t We Met Before?
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Highly anticipated 2nd artist album from this internationally acclaimed, German-born DJ/producer. The first single "First Day" features Brian Molko of PLACEBO and hit #1 on the UK Club Chart already. Other guests on the album include KELIS, NENEH CHERRY, and UK hip hop legend RODNEY P.
Timo Maas took a long time to craft "Pictures," the follow-up to his debut "Look" -- apparently, it took two years. A mix'n'match of catchy big beats and ominous electrofunk, this sounds a lot like an intense party going on in a haunted house. That sound starts off in the second song, which is also the title track. Brian Molko of Placebo takes over most of the vocals, and intones ominously how he won't touch or hurt the subject "unless you ask me to." Man, it's creepy. "Now take off your clothes/I wanna take pictures of you/I wanna capture you... in digital..." After making your skin crawl with that one, Timo Maas opts for some straightforward dance tracks, full of expansive flourishes and wild big beats. After such a sinister opener, they sound rather lightweight; they're not, but that's the first impression I got. It takes awhile for the darker vibe to gradually return, in the uplifting bubbling of "Enter My World." Then this album shifts into the hip-hop vibe, and it's not a change for the better. Things are okay when it's just Kelis murmuring above a dancey guitar melody, but then we reach the raw synth, Latin guitar and distorted rap of "Release." The latter should have been left off; the lack of dimension doesn't suit Timo Maas's sound at all. Fortunately, Mass then shifts back to the dark synth, explosive beats and rapid pace that he does best of all. Some of them are gritty, some are epic, and some are ethereal. But all of them are vaguely ominous, and Molko's eerily dispassionate singing is even better than it was in the early songs of this album. Fortunately, that dark sound is what dominates this album, and what keeps it from being just another album you can shake it to. Despite some disappointing remix albums, the German technomaster proves that he still has it; the creepy soundscapes, vocals, and eerie sputters and electronic beeps -- in some songs, it sounds like lightning frying a computer. This isn't a perfect album by any stretch; the hip-hop sounds contrived, and there are spots of filler material. Yet Timo Maas's "Pictures" is a darkly atmospheric album that takes awhile to sink it, but is worth it.
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Pictures
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Price: $11.98
Updated on 10-2-2008.
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