Ame one: "Berliner"

By Jonti Davies

ame one: "berliner" (download mp3 here)

Osaka-based Hawaiian James McGrath, aka Ame one, is the kind of virtuoso talent who makes novice electronica hobbyists (that would be me) feel quite violently sick. You see, he's rather good at what he does. That's the crucial difference. Ame one knows his software inside-out and back-to-front - just check out the Logic 7 users' guides and other advice he provides via his homepage. He also has an evident mastery of rhythm in a tangible sense: he started out by becoming a highly skilled drummer, went into drum 'n' bass, and ended up as a composer and producer of some mighty fine electronic music. So while "Berliner" clearly was produced with the aid of a computer and is classifiably electronic in nature, it's vibrant and alive thanks to James's very real musical talent. It's short, sweet, professional-sounding, well-formed. Everything that a novice's work is not.  

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