Released: April 2009
Format: Series of videos posted on YouTube
Songwriting: 9
Performance: 9
Recording: 7
First Impression: 9
Staying Power: 7
It is not often that I am impressed by something entirely embodied by the Internet. This album (in the rough sense of the word), however, is truly a diamond in the rough. One fine day in early 2009, Kutiman (Ophir Kutiel) was playing along with a video of a drummer on YouTube. He then came up with the idea of sourcing guitar, bass and other parts on YouTube to accompany the drummer. Fast forward two months, and "ThruYOU" was the result. While the idea of "mashups" of videos is hardly new, Kutiman's work is above and beyond any other I have seen. The production - both video and audio - is top-notch, considering the mediocre quality of the source material. The layers upon layers of synchronicity are truly astounding to behold, especially considering Kutiman's claim that he mostly refrained from pitch shifting.
Suggested sample track: "The Mother of All Funk Chords"
Recommendation: attach your best speakers or headphones to a computer in a quiet room, then open http://www.thru-you.com.
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