The Dorkestra — Merry tales and fractured melodies

One of the unsung heroes (or lightweight soldiers, depends on how you see it) of Ninja Tune, DJ Luv claims some more exposure with his second full-length, this time under The dorkestra moniker.

Sample music is getting increasingly tame, if not lame. I was already bored to death when I heard Kid Koala’s first album in 2000, so I shouldn’t expect things to have improved drastically over the last three years. I can well imagine how great it is to haunt flea market on the look for The Great Vinyl with The Great Track that will become The Sample Of The Year. I know it’s damn fun to put together this patchwork of sounds. I also know that once you’re past the novelty factor, only the greats of the genre survive and are able to transcend it. So thank you, Mr Shadow, thank you Mr Tobin.

I think you know the recipe: a bass line taken here, a “fractured” melody taken there, beats from that record, you add a few other weird sound from that other record and you top it with your own genius touch. Don’t forget: loads of post-modern irony. Derrida, help me, they are going mad! Wow, not much more to say. Oh yes: on Blamether’s Cocoa, Luv samples the greatest bass line of all time, the one on Art Ensemble of Chicago’s Theme de yoyo and manages to make it sound dull. Hats off.

Yawn.