Wanna Buy a Monkey?
- Dan The Automator
- Band Name: Dan The Automator
- Record Label: Ultra
- Release Date: Feb 19, 2002
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Wanna Buy a Monkey? shows off Nakamura's ear for a great track as well as his deft turntablist skills.
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80A diverse, versatile selection of tracks. [Apr 2002, p.94]
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If the DJ's art is to unite unlikely musical party guests, The Automator is a fine and generous host.
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80What this strange cast of characters eventually creates is a groovy mish-mash of up/down tempo breaks, hip-pop sound collages and the odd bout of guitar-driven frenzy that, while nearly impossibly to dance to, manages to expose most other DJs as the talentless, not to mention painfully derivative crate-raiders they truly are.
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70Put [Monkey] on in the background and it'll sound good, but you won't necessarily notice it. [Apr 2002, p.126]
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70It may be hard to keep up with him at times, but it's a very rewarding ride.
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60It's all good fun. [June 2002, p.126]
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60While most of the mixing is clean and effortless, it is also often unspectacular. Furthermore, the decided lack of turntable wizardry certainly won't earn him a "DJ Dan" moniker among vinyl mavens. But in terms of selection and overall execution, Monkey is a very nice listen.
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Automator has described Monkey as an opportunity for listeners to journey inside his mind, but given his past discography, that trip should be a lot wilder and weirder than this relatively straightforward record.
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40Monkey comes off resembling either a padded greatest-hits comp or an "inspired by" soundtrack for a non-existent movie. What it certainly isn't is a DJ mix where previously hidden links between seemingly unrelated songs are unearthed through the ancient art of juxtaposition.
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