This is
now my third time hearing Taiga on cassette and despite how much I enjoyed the
first two for their unique characteristics; this is perhaps my favorite Taiga
work yet. As with the other pieces,
which would often build to something greater, Taiga seems to find a groove on
this cassette and just maintain it throughout.
“The
Coriolis Effect” loses a lot of its ambience and replaces it with the synth
beats of Miami Vice that were only used sparingly, such as on “Musike Cassette
III”. Not that there is anything wrong
with the other two Taiga cassettes I’ve heard, but this just really seems to be
on a whole new level, not just for Taiga as an artist but for this genre on the
whole.
It is
also absolutely worth noting that for the first time in however many years
since I’ve been listening to modern cassettes, I have finally found one that
begins with the three beeps tone that was originally found on a lot of “classic”
cassettes and was used (at least I think) as a means to account for volume
because back then there were no fancy numbers for volume control.
If all
VCO Recordings cassettes come with those beeps in front of their releases, then
they are truly leaps and bounds above us all and not just because of this
awesome Taiga music.
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