Jess Rose is a British beat-maker based in Berlin who has a new head-boppin' release made almost specifically for short attention spans. The beats are mostly straight ahead and glitchy, but there are really too many different feels on the record. Ranging from glitchy dance, ala Justin Timberlake, to turntableism style sampling, and even near trance it's a virtual clown car of styles. The collaborations with Hot Chip, "Forgot My Name" & "Day is Done," is worth a name check at least and the understated pushing of the beat in "Pop Your Porn" makes me want to watch my MPG go down as the white lines go by faster. "Miss Taker" features remixer David E. Sugar and is a dance-floor banger. "Night at the Dogs" features an all too familiar jazz sample and "You're All Over My Head" starts off reminiscent of early Aphex works but takes a strange turntableism slant that is truly hokey. For all of the styles in here, I'd have to say Jesse Rose doesn't excel at any really. Maybe a little more focus would make the record more cohesive. I kept:
Pop Yer Porn
Miss Taker (feat. David E. Sugar)
Grade: 3.8
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