2003. Мекка белорусского альтернативно-молодежного рока и электронной музыки, также клуб NC, объявляет об открытии нового сезона. В этот день в клубе выступает последняя надежда молдавского драм-н-бэйса, группа MEATWORKS, а также белорусские исполнители STONE PEOPLE, DREAMLIN, Luna:r, STARS ALLIANCE, T-TRIDER, ЧЕЛОВЕК С ИЗЮМОМ.

Тут. И вообще статья в этот раз зажигательная получилась, стоит почитать.

Альтернативой «Преведу!» от Velcom (это, очевидно, был реквием по ушедшей эре падонкафф), вызвавшему паломничество толп пьяной черни на стелу по проспекту Победителей и народно-алкогольному угару во всех остальных районах столицы – по сложившееся традиции, мною был выбран самый музыкальный вариант проведения вечера. Второй вечер подряд буфет «ёё» становится место паломничества минских клабберов. На этот раз вечер прошёл при активном участии Electrokids-promo. Сет Murzillah я пропустил, потому что такое «тёмный шансон» не узнал, зато погрузился в приятные ломаные ритмы трип-хопа, хип-хопа и огромных порций скрэтчинга. Время неумолимо двигалось вперёд и к моменту выступления проекта Координаты Чудес vs. ?.. все, кто собирался посетить буфет, собрались внутри. Жёсткий idm, скросротной и несущий в себе эстетику индустриальной культуры, в то же время и чётко выверенный – каждый бит был с математической точностью подобран, а все вместе они образовывали структурно-целостную композицию, органично впиваясь в речь окружающих посетителей. Га этом позитивные впечатления, в общем-то, и закончились. Stars Alliance решили доказать (кому?), что и они умеют играть поп-музыку, потому пели какие-то известные песни – живьём, и лишь в конце своего выступления начали играть музыку. Но недолго. Dreamlin – опять-же лайв, но процентов на 70, так как Е.гор играл с CD (ди-джей-сет, по сути). Но музыка опять же оставляла равнодушным, хотя танцевать ноги сами просились. И – в завершении вечера отыграл T-Trider, сет которого просто не может не обойтись без русскоязычных ремиксов в d-n-b-стилистике.

Павел Кудрявцев
© 2005 музыкальная газета

This piece has chill written all over it. Indeed, a good thing. This piece is «Upside Dawn» (the site says Upside Down, but the codecs say otherwise), a Trip Hop entry from Dreamlin. Nice beats, smooth keys, and cosmic effects all serve you a frothy mug of plain chill.

The beat here is like hip-hop, just not so heavy. Seems more like jazz, actually, but whatever the beat really is doesn’t matter. It makes a nice first impression on you, to charm you a bit.

Tossed into this downtempo goodness are some soft and tender keys, holding up the melody end. These have a heavy jazz influence, no question. A lot that puts the smooth in smooth jazz is to be found here.

Another key element is the synth effects. Spacy melodies float around within this piece, giving it a «Lounge on Saturn» feel. Many different types are used, to add different dimensions all within the same plane. This is what seems to make the piece more like electronica, and less like jazz. Either way is fine with me, really.

Production quality is decent, and every entity within the piece blends extremely well. The only problem apparent is the lack of unique-ness. I can’t say this is something totally different and innovative. But whether a song is unique or not doesn’t make it good or bad.

This piece offers a good helping of laid-back groove. Sit back and give it a few listens. It goes down as smooth as molasses, and feels good all the way.

Hunter H.

Charisma: 9.00
Technical Skill: 8.00
Interest: 6.00
Recording Quality: 6.50
Long Term Appeal: 5.00
OVERALL: 6.90

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dreamlin seems to have been getting a lot of attention lately (and for a while now) for their track the light of the night and for good reason: it’s an excellent ambient creation. since its original release, it’s been remixed several times and has been followed up with a few other very well put together tracks.

the light of the night is simply a gorgeous song, with nice crisp trip-hop like drums, smoothly looped acoustic guitar, offbeat background sounds, and scattered samples. it opens well with some wavery guitar and effects and quickly slides into the main guitar line that carries most of the song. soon, a very well done, slightly echoed bassline joins the mix, and the song continues until about 0:50 when the drums and bass fall away leaving a pleasant stretch of ambience. from there, the song continues in much the same manner, alternating between its two previously mentioned states: with and without the drums and bass. finally, everything gradually falls away to leave only the wavering guitar that began the song. the track sounds great, with nice bright, clean sounds and interesting effects throughout, and i wouldn’t hesitate to send it straight to the top tracks list if there was only a little more variation worked in. unfortunately, though it never becomes a problem, the listener has heard virtually all of what the five and a half minute song has to offer in the first minute and a half. the drums, though they are very well put together, could especially use some alteration, whether by means of interesting fills, breaks or simply a few slightly modified loops. all in all the light of the night is a great song, but a bit oversimplified in its structure and sound for my tastes. very smooth, and very relaxing.

dreamlin has created a worthy follow-up in anin planetari and has even addressed some of the afore-mentioned issues i mention by employing a considerably more progressive song structure. the basic elements are the same: softly wavering guitar, smooth bass, nice crisp drum work, and lots of effects. the track opens with simple drums and effects but very soon makes a promising shift to an interesting lone guitar sample that sounds like its being played on an old record which is soon joined by some odd crunchy drums and scattered synth blips. by the end of the first minute, the original drums, modified guitar, and another set of very smooth bass pads replace the other elements. before that has any chance to sink into repetition, an interesting stretch of turntable work and clever sample mutilation begins, signaling the return of the crunchy drums of before. this is a very well put together stretch which easily holds the listener’s interest until everything falls away at 2:15 to begin a new buildup starting from the original guitar and interesting background pads which might once have been a vocal of some kind. all the old elements make a gradual return and carry the song to a strong finish and fadeout. though nothing new is introduced in the final minutes, there is certainly enough to hold the listeners interest. though as a whole, the general mix isn’t quite as strong as that of the light of the night, anin planetari’s additional progression makes it just as worthwhile of a listening experience. another fine song, though i think it could benefit from some sort of melodic theme to pull it together in the end, and perhaps slightly sharper sounds in some parts.

i don’t say this very often, but i truly think dreamlin will prove to be a band to watch in the coming months. having already heard two very good tracks from them, i for one am curious as to where they will go from here. if they simply continue to polish their sound and incorporate new elements into their music as they have been, they could quickly become one of the better bands around on mp3.com.

reviewed by nate on 2000–12–19

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