Inspiration / RYMD 2010

What...the fuck. Seriously? Like I stated in my previous post, it's hard for my favorite producers to disappoint me. But this one takes the cake, eats it, and then laughs at you because you were stupid enough to think you'd get a piece in the first place. Let me explain.

Pryda's latest release on his own Pryda Recordings is the ironically titled "Inspiration", with the title track on the A and "RYMD 2010" on the flip. A little history lesson now. Back in 2005, Prydz released what is arguably his best track, "Genesis", on a white label, and only by chance did I manage to nab my digital copy (it's not on Beatport, God only knows why not) and it quickly became one of my favorite tracks. Now, if you're at all familiar with this track (or just listen to the first part below) you'll notice that crucial sweeping chord section at the beginning....listen here...(It comes in about 20 seconds in and gets louder)




Heard it? Yes? Alright, now listen to the beginning of "Inspiration" and tell me there isn't something foggy about said track....



INSPIRATION: Listened? Yes? Alright. THEY'RE NEARLY THE SAME SYNTH LINES!! Only, the one in "Inspiration" is filed down to a shadow of what the line was in "Genesis". I don't know if Pryda was "inspired" in this manner, but he ripped off his own track for a shittier, watered-down version. The rest of "Inspiration" is some shitty trance chords and a vaguely interesting, typical-Pryda orgy of prog chords, effects, and gritty blips and bleeps. This is derivative and classless.

(1.5/5)

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RYMD 2010: God. You cannot be serious. This is a release of a less-than-three-year-old track. Goddamn it. Anyways...the original was a steady, teched-out workout of a track, an unflinchingly blistering Pryda cut that worked magic on both the house and techno fronts. This 2010 update has been smoothed out, with some lush, ambient pads in the intro that dissolve away to reveal the main synth riff. On the whole, this is a much more melodic affair, giving the track some nice proggy chords to work with, while keeping the overall feel of the original. Unfortunately, the lack of smooth, melodic taste is what gave the original its visceral, unrelenting techno feel and vibe, and although its not completely gone, is definitely reduced with those nice but ultimately unnecessary prog house chords. Here's the update, followed by the original. Again, the update is still solid, but the original was better in more ways than one, so unfortunately the update falls a bit short of impressive, especially owning to the fact that the A-side is a raging shitstorm...too bad.

(3/5)

The Update:


The Original:






INSPIRATION / RYMD 2010 = (2/5)

The crap A-side, coupled with the peculiar, unnecessary update on the flip make this one disappointing, very odd release from a man usually in key form. Oh well. The stuff he debuted at WMC looks promising. Let's forget this debacle ever happened...

-NL