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Doing the DJ math with deadmau5
4x4=12' will get you
dancing and perhaps
dubstepping
By ELLIOT ALPERN
Daily Arts Writer
Looking past the ludicrous and
befuddling album title, 4x4=12 is
successful both
as a dance com- _
pilation and as a
satisfying piece e dmu5
of music. Under
the moniker 4x4=12
deadmaua (pro- Ultra
nounced "dead
mouse"), Cana-
dian DJ Joel Zimmerman brings
to the table a surprising amount of
variation along with his patented
booming basses and electrify-
ing synths. Blending elements of
house, electro and dubstep, 4x4=12
is enough to keep a rave rumbling
for almost all of its hour-long run-
time.
The song most ready for contin-
uous play in faux-European dance
clubs is "A CityIn Florida." It's rela-
tively simple, with a thumping beat
and a synthesizer that builds like
a tea kettle. The combined result
is nothing short of pure provoca-
tion to move in rhythm. Likewise,
album closer "Everything Before"
uses the same technique - a deep
beat with accompanying electronic
notes. But the cumulative reso-
nance is enough to make the air in
your lungs vibrate.
The main focus in 4x4=12
is clearly house music. "Some
Chords," the first track, opens with
a grand buildup that foreshad-
ows the rhythms to follow (even
though it bears a strong resem-
blance to deadmauS's previous
hit "Ghosts 'n' Stuff"). "Animal
Rights" employs a deep bass beat,
and the introduction of a groov-
ing synth encourages the notion
that copious amounts of drugs
aren't necessary to feel its pulse.
Additionally, the track "I Said" has
just the right rhythm to be a hit on
the dance floor while still casual
enough to not deter those trying to
enjoy the music without dancing.
Overall, 4x4=12 succeeds in creat-
ing the next generation of house
songs - singles that can appeal to
club-goers and still be palatable to
other listeners.
Also new to the album are con-
tributions on two songs by German
singer Miss Sofi (real name Sofia
Toufa). In "Sofi Needs a Ladder,"
the vocals add a little bit more
substance to the previously unre-
leased live track "Sofi Need a Lad-
der." But in "One Trick Pony," the
vocals add relatively nothing, and
actually detract from the electric
bass line (which the listener can
catch glimpses of between Miss
Sofi's verses). These additions don't
ruin 4x4=12, but they by no means
improve it.
4x4=12 succumbs intermittent-
ly to the temptation of dubstep.
"Raise Your Weapon." the longest
song on the album, is promising,
but goes through what could be too
many changes (including vocals
from singer Greta Svabo Bech).
Some parts seem to be in drastical-
ly different veins - like whenlull-
ing verse gives way to traditional
dubstep - to the point where the
track would have benefited more
from splitting into two or more
complementary songs.
Although each song inclines to
be either a hit or a miss, 4x4=12
has enough to offer to be enjoy-
able both to hardcore ravers and
the occasional participant alike.
Ultimately, deadmauS succeeds in
crafting a mix worthy of substan-
tial play in any club or social get-
together.
ETCH A SKETCH
From Page 5A
Woolly Willy portrait as the next
Mona Lisa (remember the bald,
jovial-looking man with mobile,
magnetic facial hair? That's
Woolly Willy). The contemporary
art world, though, displays its
own kitsch fetish, prime exem-
plar being the always-contro-
versial Jeff Koons, whose canon
includes inflatable animals and
basketballs in water tanks; Mar-
cel Duchamp's Fountain, a uri-
nal submitted in an art show in
1917, can hardly escape mention,
either. Why not accept the Etch A
Sketch as a respectable vessel for
art if artists such as Koons and
Duchamp are cleared a promi-
nent mantle in art history?
Not that highlighting Duch-
amp and Koons, two figures in the
inconceivably expansive art uni-
verse, sets the standard determi-
nants for qualifyingorlegitimizing
an art form. Everything, simply
put, is relative - the aim is not to
establish a categorical criteria, but
rather to jostle certain paradigms.
If art is to be viewed as self-expres-
sion, then is it problematic for the
extensions of one's self to come in
the form a plastic rectangle, screen
and two wheels? Celebrated art-
ist David Hockney, for example,
was highlighted in a 2009 Daily
Mail article for using an iPhone
application to "create mini-master-
pieces." With titans like Hockney
embracing unconventional media,
then embracing underrepresented
unconventional media seems fair
- especially something as time-
less as the Etch A Sketch. Though,
to Hockney I would recommend
the "Etch A Sketch" app for Apple
devices, available on iTunes.
I'll be downloading it.
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