![]() It begins when contributor Chris Gunst delivers an a capella message at the start of "Umbrella" broken by static, like there's communicative interference. ![]() It's less an exorcism now, and more a cathartic release. The original album, which stays intact, now comes off as a swelling, one-man orchestration (though admittedly with a lot of collaborative effort, vocally and lyrically). Sub Pop's recent reissue of the album sheds some light on those corners, and then amends alterations. In retrospect, Life Is Full of Possibilities is warm, somewhat sad and occasionally reveling in blank-stare heartache, with introspective, bedroom-recorded breakup ruminations founded in intricate, electronic programs. ![]() From hardstyle to chiptune (the tones of which certainly rears its head through Jimmy Tamborello's line of work) and dubstep, its evolution and passing trends makes Dntel's first record feel far less avant-garde than it might have initially sounded. The decade since Dntel released his debut album, 2001's Life Is Full of Possibilities (originally on Plug Research), electronic music-like any genre, really-has been through its own waves.
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