 "Psych-Ambient B-O-R-E" | 2007-04-07 |
| - Reviewed By musicalguru |
| This album is vastly different from the Boredoms' psychotic soundgasm that was Pop Tatari. This album explores a side of the Boredoms' sound that I feel was present but not always apparent. To begin, I will point out the similarities between The Boredoms' previous line of work, and then the differences. This album has some small parts in it that sounds like old B-O-R-E that are jumpy and fast paced but these sounds are much less present on this album. Also, a notable similarity is the use of electronic effects in the music, which is something the Boredoms have used since their early days. On this album, however, the electronic effects are even more apparent and are generally used for ambience, with the occasional record skip,noise, or tape manipulation thrown in for good measure. This album is also notably different because of the influences present on this album. Listening to older Boredoms albums its apparent that there is an influence from psychedelic music,tribal music, and classic rock but those influences took a back seat to noise,punk, and musique concrete influences. On this album the influences appear to be placed in a different order of importance. The psychedelic, tribal music, classic rock, and musique concrete have come to the foreground and take up most of this album, with some of the good noisiness thrown in occasionally. Listening to this album combines the sounds of Gong, Neu!, Can, and, to a lesser extent, Mr. Dorgon and Tangerine Dream to create something that is very psychedelic without losing the Boredoms sound. This album is definitely worth checking out if you are a fan of the band's early line of work but have a fondness for psychedelia, ambient music, and minimalism. This album gets 4 stars instead of five because sometimes it gets a little too repetitive but if you're in the right mood this album is perfect and amazing. |
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| "Boredoms - 'Super Ae' (Birdman)" | 2007-01-24 |
| - Reviewed By mikereedinusa |
| Good, decent '98 effort by this Japanese alternative noise-rock five piece. Someone suggested that I should check these guys out, knowing full well that I'm a huge fan of Acid Mothers Temple. It's apparent that at least some of the Boredom's musical influences come from British progressive and '70's krautrock. Stand outs here include "Super You", the twelve-minute "Super Coming" and "Super Good". Might appeal to Ruins, Royal Trux, Ruinzhatova and possibly even Acid Mothers Temple (including the band members themselves). |
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| "Super weird" | 2006-05-17 |
| - Reviewed By bjmartin21 |
If a group of peyote-addled Meso-American demigods were to try to record a tribute to Can, it would probably end up sounding somewhat similar to Super Ae. Where Boredoms' previous Chocolate Synthesizer was an aural stimulant, restlessly hopping from one genre to another in barely controlled bursts of noise, this album is more like a hallucinogen, gradually enveloping the listener in its hazy, trippy layers of sound. This is avant-garde rock that doesn't hold back on the rock, combining its fearsome heaviness with bizarre song structures in a way that practically makes Mr. Bungle sound commercial. True, most of the songs have a classic guitar and drum backing, but it's what the band members do with those instruments, as well as their penchant for spacey electronic effects and harsh use of tape loops, that elevates Super AE above mundane genre classifications.
First of all, for fans of Boredoms' more immediate earlier material, it should be noted that the tracks on Super AE are loooonnnnnnnggggg. There may only be seven pieces here, but most of them were clearly written for maximum expansiveness, clocking in an an average of about nine minutes apiece. These are some true epics, filled with minimalist grooves and fuzzed-out stoner-metal riffing that wouldn't sound too out of place on a Kyuss album, capped off by a mix of quasi-spirtual tribal chants, demented shrieking, and indecipherable grunts from the one and only Yamatsuka Eye. And while it can get a little playful at times (Super Are You briefly showcases the thrashy approach that made Boredoms notorious during their art-punk days), Super Ae is generally deadly serious when it comes to freaking out listeners. The songs on Super Ae don't really go anywhere, and there's certainly nothing resembling a traditional release or resolution to them, but with Boredoms listening really is a journey rather than a destination. Only the shimmering closer Super Good could be described as anything resembling easy listening, but from a band that's all about screwing with minds that feels just about right. |
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| "brain expanding...ears bleeding..." | 2005-11-30 |
| - Reviewed By User: A2HH7SHHFO6VY5 |
it is strange how one song can be outstanding during one listen, yet horrible the next listen.
this is how i feel about this album. i feel it works well as background music while you are doing something else, or if you sit back and take it all in while doing nothing else. this is when i've enjoyed this album the most. i have also listened to this album through headphones while doing something else, and that is even better. but when doing something like driving, it seemed difficult to get through. for example: during a long roadtrip, i put this CD in and i kept thinking to myself, when will this song end!?
but when i am doing something else (housework, writing a paper, etc) it comes across as very relaxing...even with the pace changes and screams. in these instances, i almost cannot believe the CD is almost over...and i want to replay it. it is somewhat innovative and interesting. i just would not listen to it right after listening to "traditional" music (rock, pop, whatever). The Boredoms have a style and mood completely unique to them and to have this CD mixed into to others just disrupts the flow of not only the other CDs (b/c there are very few sounds like Super AE) but also the flow of this album itself.
this is a CD that is certainly not very everyone. in fact, i have not recommended it to anyone i know personally because i know that they do not have the patience to deal with this album. and patience is definitely needed. it is likely that most people cannot get through the spontaneous (yet somehow rhythmatic) tape speed changes in Track One, much less through the other moments of "oh-my-gosh-my-head-is-going-to-explode...oh-wait-it-calmed-down" in the remaining tracks.
the samples provided through this website really do no justice to The Boredoms or this album. so, if you have patience andare open to "new" (i.e. radical) types of music, then i would definitely buy this album. otherwise, steer clear of this because all it will be to you is "noise." |
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| "not as good as Pop Tatari or Soul Discharge" | 2005-01-28 |
| - Reviewed By ckk@ckk.com |
| Pretty good, but not as good as some of their earlier albums, in my opinion. |
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 "Human music at its best." | 2005-01-20 |
| - Reviewed By User: A2SCPOS2SMIY81 |
This music needs to be heard, not read about. That can (and is) said about nearly all music, but it is especially true for the Bordoms (although that is said just as often, I am sure). There is no music I can compare it to. To try and give some idea of what it is like, I would say it is short pieces of music played on electric guitars, combined with voice and noise collage, and little bits and bundles of everything else, although that does it not an inch of justice. Let me try again:
Spiritualism is not dead in the modern world. There are those who go through the reality that is forced on them, submissive and willing; sullen or with a turned head. But there are still those that go screaming, pure wild in human spirit. The Boredoms belong in the latter category (I wish I did too).
The Boredoms have made some of the most powerful music I have ever heard. Listening to it makes me feel how much life there still is in me, roaring through my veins, wanting to be expressed.
The Boredoms are so insane that they are able to do what few people are able to do: they do not worry about sounding sophisticated, appealing to any certain crowd or fitting into a musical genre; they expresses their souls, and it is pure. This music restores my faith in the human spirit and in humanity itself.
With a voice like that the singer has no reason to be scared. Ever. |
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| "ultimate B*O*R*E* trip" | 2005-01-10 |
| - Reviewed By gogogogo |
| Super AE establishes the Boredoms as a truly profound and phenomanal force of power and sound. the music on this cd will astound you, confuse you, amuse you, and maybe even liberate you. all the wild, unhinged craziness from their past cd's has been harnessed into a rolling, pounding noisy vision that shows unlimited imagination. this is my absolute favorite Boredoms album and it deserves your full attention. to all those who are just discovering this great group, i would suggest starting with this cd or maybe Pop Tatari. although both cd's are completely different (Pop Tatari being more punk-ish, Super AE being a bit more prog-y), they are both very representative of two distinct periods of musical creation for this amazing band. |
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 "Not quite up to par..." | 2004-11-23 |
| - Reviewed By User: AQUE6HQCP6QF1 |
The Boredoms' 1997 album "Super Ae" is, in my opinion, not quite what it's made out to be, and the number one reason for that is the underdevelopment of ideas. The songs on here are pretty long, especially for Boredoms standards. Not that there's anything wrong with that - on the contrary, I love a good song that takes a while to unfold. But the problem here is that the tracks don't really seem to unfold at all. Mostly they just repeat the same thing over and over again.
This is tragic because I think the Boredoms had some truly good ideas for this album - they just should have developed them further. I mean if you have a good musical idea, the worst thing you can do with it is repeat it to death, thus causing it to lose all its value. You should allow it to evolve INTO something, or find a way to BUILD to it instead. But the Boredoms, for the first time, decided to live up to their band name and make BORING music that is not the kind of thing you would really want to devote all your attention to while listening - this serves better as "background" music, which is just the opposite of most of what they'd done previously.
But don't get me wrong, I'm not advocating that their music should sound exactly as it did on, say, "Pop Tatari." I'm glad they've evolved, I'm glad they're not one of those bands that just regurgitates the same old crap we've been hearing from them all along. I just wish they'd have taken themselves more seriously with this release, and pushed their ideas a little further.
And that's not to say that this a BAD album. I think there are plenty of enjoyable moments on here, particularly during the last half. But overall, this music is better suited for falling asleep to. This is NOT the adrenaline frenzy that some reviewers have suggested.
Three stars. |
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| "Ambient/noise fest !" | 2004-10-24 |
| - Reviewed By sickeningore |
| I love the music of boredoms because these guys have been releasing albums for a long while and i seen them live in n.y. and it was quite an experience! If you been a long time fan of boredoms ? Their latest album "super ae" will not dissapoint you, at all. It has noise, ambient, and, good production out of that chaos and confusing. Buy it! |
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| "Super CD" | 2004-07-23 |
| - Reviewed By c-insano |
| The whole Disc is awesome and is great to listen to straight through. Out of all the tracks, Track 6 Super Shine is one of the most unique and energetic tracks I've listened to in a while. At 13 minutes long it is like an epic anthem, full of cathchy chants and repetitious riffs. This CD is insane head-phone music. Don't use the audio snippets to judge whether or not to buy the cd, most of them are sort of like transitions between songs or like the first movement of a song. |
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