Future Hits Vol. 1

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Another very well-produced cdR - this one has the Consume label's name printed out on that sticky tape with the raised letters, as used on many office products.

It's very clean, which counts these days, believe it or don't. Echoey drums and vocals urgently exhort on to "listen". The vocals are rudimentary, brutal; cut off suddenly in some cases. It's as if these are little songs that have been marinating in ruminations all day, buzzing around in the head and neck of Mr. Doppler, and this is his way of exorcising these annoying little demons.

Distorted voice and laser beam percussions now, amidst the smoke of the odd-timed melody and incongruous piano. Scratching and xylophonies now, underscoring a certain amount of reality that is kept. "All Coming Back To Me Now" features the speeding beat and a voice cutting itself to confetti. It all winds up with "Degenerate", and actually, it's listed as "DeGeNeRatE" on the sleeve - the change in lettering more or less crystallises the tenor of the tones eloquently.