Since then Casio has included its high-speed CMOS technology in two other cameras the EX-FC100 which I reviewed a few weeks ago, and today’s camera, the Exilim EX-FH20.Īlthough it’s much cheaper than the F1 at around £350, the FH20 is not just a cut-down version of the earlier camera. Even a year later it’s still over £530, which is a lot of money for a six-megapixel camera it’s more expensive than some mid-range DSLRs. It is an amazing camera, but it had an equally amazing price, selling for about £650.
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I’d give Drifters 9/10 and Love Is The Devil 10/10.Last Summer I reviewed a remarkable new camera from Casio, the Exilim EX-F1, a unique super-zoom camera using a newly developed high-speed CMOS sensor, capable of 60fps still photography, full 1920 x 1080 HD 60fps video with stereo sound, and even 1200fps high-speed video, for amazing slow-motion clips. It’s what makes Dirty Beaches so interesting.
While most will find Drifters to be difficult to listen to.
It’s hard to say which one I like the most.īoth albums are typically different in style and tone. I think it should be a soundtrack to a Wong Kar-Wai album. People might interpret it as a break-up album since it has a sombre sad feel to it. More instrumental except for the track “Like the Ocean We Part”. Walking in slow motion while the sun is coming out and trying to forget what you did wrong. Think of it as the hangover part, coming out of the club/bar. Love Is The Devil is a complete opposite. Mirage Hall is the track that stood out the most with it’s 8 minute retro-80s lo-fi new wave punk-rock. Not really dancey but very hypnotic trance mood.
Very different in sound when he goes lo-fi electro-rock. Good bye true blue, good bye lord knows best, good bye sweet 17, and good bye pompadour.ĭrifters is more like a city nightlife in a dark twisted club/bar area. I’m also working on more compositions at the moment and hopefully will be able to find a home for these instrumental compositions that I really love writing. I feel blessed and am very proud to present more work this year that showcases the other side of Dirty Beaches.Īfter Badlands, I’ve retired the idea of flirting with the concept of samples and have returned to my old territory of synth, basic electric guitars, drum machines, along with experimentation in newer territories like electronic drum pads, and casio digital guitars, which you will hear on the new double LP “Drifters/Love is the devil, coming out later this year in May via Zoo Music.Ĭan’t wait to get it out and share it with the world. Still very experimental but not of that greaser lo-fi rock sound that people were accustomed in the Badlands era.Īlex even stated on his blog from Ma(Here is a snippet): In my opinion Drifters and Love Is The Devil is a unique concept album. Drifters with 8 tracks and Love Is The Devil with 8 tracks.ĭrifters/Love Is The Devil is a reflection on the fragility of reality. Now he will do something ambitious which the double album “Drifters/Love Is The Devil” which drops on May 21st through Zoo Music. ?ĭirty Beaches has been on a wild ride since the critical acclaim and success from Badlands which came out in 2011. I don’t think Alex will need my approval of positivity and Asian solidarity but I am going to give it to him anyways. Dirty Beaches is one of my favorite musicians at the moment.