100% No Modern Talking
100 % No Modern Talking is the first EP of the Australian House / dubstep duo Knife Party. The EP was first published on 12 December 2011 and contains four tracks, Internet Friends, Destroy Them with Lazers, Tourniquet, and Fire Hive.
Backgrounds and style
Before Rob Swire and Gareth McGrillen had officially announced that they would start a joint project called Knife Party, a title with the name emergency was on the SoundCloud Channel of Swire published Pendulum to show that the new project unrelated to their previous would have to do band Pendulum. Then the name of their first EP was made public on 10 October. Posts were you on Facebook:
"Our upcoming EP is titled " 100 % No Modern Talking ". Will containment four tracks: ' Internet Friends ', ' Tourniquet ', ' Fire Hive ', and ' Back To The Z- List'. The current plan is to make it available for free, as well as through Beatport / iTunes / anywhere else we can put it. "
"Our EP is the title of" wear 100 % No Modern Talking ". It will contain 4 tracks: "Internet Friends," " Tourniquet ", " Fire Hive " and "Back To The Z -List". We are currently working to offer the EP for free, as well as in Beatport or iTunes, everywhere we can offer them. "
The release date was finally announced on December 8. On 12 December the EP was released.
The style of the EP has been described with the styles of Drum & Bass, Dubstep, Electro House and Moombahton.
The title 100 % No Modern Talking refers in all probability to the digital wavetable synthesizer " Massive" from Native Instruments, especially the waveform of " Modern Talking ". It mimics a vocal / speaking tone gradually becomes excessively used in modern electronic music genres like Dubstep, Drum & Bass, etc.. So the title ends with the ubiquitous use of the distinct " Modern Talking - Sounds" and promises more innovative sound design.
Title list
Reception
Charts
The EP was also placed on the UK R & B charts and in the Australian charts. In the UK R & B charts, they could come down to eighth place. The Australian charts were also achieved. The peak position of the album there was number 31, total remained the EP 15 weeks in the Top 50
Criticism
The album received mostly positive criticism. Danny Atticus Hit The Floor Magazine said for example: "So the EP as a whole is good, but I feel it is missing a little something. Maybe if Destroy Them With Lazers was not on there I'd think differently. ".
Also an author of Salacious Sound gave the album a positive review: "All in all, I think I did it's a quite impressive showing, displaying quality production skills and to Obvious sense of fun. Taking into account did Knife Party is only a side -project for two guys who have already Attained super stardom, I'm thoroughly pleased. "