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Reviews: Heuristics Inc. ~ Your Domestic Problems Are Completely Solved
Posted on Saturday, April 02, 2005 @ 07:20:27 PST
Topic: Reviews
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Artist: Heuristics Inc.
CD: Your Domestic Problems Are Completely Solved
Home: Maryland
Style: Electronic Dance
Quote: "While it probably won’t resolve any domestic problems, it is nevertheless a curiosity that will take your mind off of dull, everyday suburban life -- at least for a little while."
By Dan MacIntosh
One of Webster’s definitions for "heuristics" is “an educational method in which learning takes place through discoveries that result from investigations made by the student.” Such a description sheds light on the studious music created by Bill Maciejewski. Maciejewski is a musical member of The Tapegerm Collective, which is a loop-based recording artist community. According to the CD booklet notes, Tapegerm Collective provides a pool of drop loop-strips, from which various artists can draw and create music. Mr. Maciejewski has certainly made imaginative usage of such loops with this fine release.
This is mostly a disc of electronic dance music, which also sports a few wonderful song titles. For instance, it’s hard not to laugh out loud after reading, “An Ill-Advised Break-In at Karate School.” Funnier still, however, is the opener “That’s Good ... No That’s Bad,” which sounds like an old George Burns and Gracie Allan standup bit. The latter is also the track where this CD derives its title. The picture on its cover shows an obviously Fifties-styled sci-fi metallic robot standing with a welcoming couple in a then-modern living room. Our domestic robot is shown holding a duster in its grip, which also supports this disc’s better-domesticity-through-science lyrical theme.
The music itself is electronic, and fairly dance-y. But it’s also much more experimental than groove-y. Like the heuristics definition, this is the recorded effort of an artist learning through discoveries. And while it probably won’t resolve any domestic problems, it is nevertheless a curiosity that will take your mind off of dull, everyday suburban life -- at least for a little while.
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