Devious Methods

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Contemporary beat freaks care little for petty genre boundaries. While anachronistic hip-hop heads are busy keeping it real, their more open-minded dance-music partners are spilling over into new, unexplored territory. Take Los Angeles's Hive, for example. Hive's first album, the independently released Working with Sound, bridged instrumental trip-hop with casual jazz piano licks. Hive's even more at home on Devious Methods, the follow-up LP. Here, the beats come harder and faster and dip into aggressive ambient sounds and hardstep drum & bass, bringing along some angry guitars and a whole slew of voice-overs for the loud and bumpy ride. Unafraid to road-test new combinations, Hive plants flags for himself as a leading pioneer of the ever-expanding U.S. electronic scene. --Jon Caramanica

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Treading the apocalyptic soundscapes of techstep and the illbient side of hip-hop, Hive brings a collection of introspective, sinister and bizarre soundbites from a wide array of films encompassing '50s nuclear-war training films and a variety of B-movies to the mix.

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Average customer rating: Awesome sound A tad overrated a classic from day one good "lose yourself" beats Cool

Devious Methods Hive Manufacturer: London / Umgd ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Drum & Bass | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Techno | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Similar Items: Bedlam Nightlife The 6ixth Session The HUMAN Resource Increase The Beats, Big Beat Across America: Vol. II ASIN: B00000DI25 Release Date: 1998-11-10

Tracks:

1. Weapons Of Mass Destruction
2. Ultrasonic Sound
3. Questionable Directions
4. A Chain Of Prophecies
5. Experiments In Synthetic Rhythm
6. Inside The Hive
7. Sci-Clone
8. Behold A Pale Horse
9. One Way Path
10. Devious Methods
11. Moves Within Time (1st Movement)
12. Moves Within Time (2nd Movement)
13. Moves Within Time (3rd Movement)

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Contemporary beat freaks care little for petty genre boundaries. While anachronistic hip-hop heads are busy keeping it real, their more open-minded dance-music partners are spilling over into new, unexplored territory. Take Los Angeles's Hive, for example. Hive's first album, the independently released Working with Sound, bridged instrumental trip-hop with casual jazz piano licks. Hive's even more at home on Devious Methods, the follow-up LP. Here, the beats come harder and faster and dip into aggressive ambient sounds and hardstep drum & bass, bringing along some angry guitars and a whole slew of voice-overs for the loud and bumpy ride. Unafraid to road-test new combinations, Hive plants flags for himself as a leading pioneer of the ever-expanding U.S. electronic scene. --Jon Caramanica

Customer Reviews:

Awesome sound.......2006-12-18

As a life-long fan of all kinds of electronica, and wider genres of music - this album has to be one of the most incredible I've ever heard. The entire thing is an ambrosia-like blend somewhere DnB, acid, trip-hop mixed with Hive's truly unique style.

This is one of the records that will go down in history as groundbreaking. Everyone who's vaguely interested in electronica should hear it.

A tad overrated.......2005-10-05

I'm sorry, I really would love to say that I loved this album, I remember hearing "Ultrasonic Sound" on "The Matrix" soundtrack, and knew I had to get this CD. However, one rule seems to remain constant in the world of Drum and Bass: if done well, it sounds beautiful, but if not, it just sounds like noise, and thats what so much of this album sounds like, noise. Somewhere after the first 5 tracks, it seems to get very repetitive and downright boring, the only thing I got out of the final tracks was the enjoyment of hearing the same "Time" sample that's in DJ Shadow's "In/Flux". If the first five songs were kept, and then, say, had a few better tracks holding up the back end of this album, it would've been absolutely terrific. Until then, this will remain in my "CD's I Kinda Like, But Would've Liked So Much Better If I Just Found It In A Bargain Bin Instead Of Intentionally Looking For" pile.

a classic from day one.......2005-08-15

I love this album. I heard it when it came out, and I still play it out 7 years later. I don't know how the kids I was chilling with knew to buy this album back then, but they always rocked out to Ultrasonic Sound. I finally found and bought the album about a year later. That track blew my mind then, and the whole album still does now. It's a thematic, mind-bending experience through both the fierceness and lulling vibes of the drum&bass journey as it should be felt in its entirety. Synthetic Rhythms and all the Moves Within Time tracks are examples of experimental deviations that a thorough EP should consist of. Devious Methods is an all-time favorite track to turn up the bass to...feel it thump, and let your brain dive off into the deep end. All dark d'n'b dj's will be looking up to this album for years as a milestone in turntablism and music history. buy it even if you dont know anything about drum&bass, it will educate you.

good "lose yourself" beats.......2004-12-19

My biggest complaint is that some of the songs don't go on longer, because they are good daydreaming, heady beats. I'd never heard of Hive and bought it only because of a reference to them here on Amazon. I'm not disappointed. It's become one of my favorite cd's. It is STRONG music.

Cool.......2004-10-29

An unmixed CD of jungle with hip-hop tendencies. Six years old, but since jungle is more about the drums (hence the name), it doesn't sound too outdated. (For anyone new to electronic music, 1990-2000 can sound kind of lame. Check out Dieselboy's A Soldier Story [1999], and then The Dungeonmaster's Guide [2004]. You'll see what I mean.) There are a bunch of samples from old movies and I guess a drum learning video or something (Experiments in Synthetic Rhythm) and they make the songs more fun to hear and play for your friends.

To me, this has the vibe of DJ Shadow, maybe because of the somewhat goofy samples and quality of sound.

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