The debut album from California electronic artist Timothy Wiles includes collaborations with Beenie Man and Davey Dave.
LABEL:
Astralwerks
RELEASE DATE:
08 July 2001
DISCS:
1 disc
GENRE(S):
Electronic
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80
Splendid
Überzone's constant changeups in style and tempo breathe fresh life into a stale genre.
80
CDNow
An early study of California hip-hop, Überzone mixes twisted, bubbling Roland bass, big beats, and vocoder effects to make futuristic electro-anthems that manage to pop and lock like robots, but recall the organic '80s breaker heyday and never sound sterile and stiff.
70
Urb
This well-engineered album's ideas have been gestating a little too long. You might just say it's the best album of 1998. [Sep 2001, p.152]
70
Mixer
It is good to see such experimentation by an artist in a field usually associated with being so genre-specific. [July 2001, p.82]
70
HOB.com
The compositions are sharp enough to cleanly burrow themselves into the subconscious; only to rise up at the most unexpected moments and potentially leave you wondering where you heard that funky little beat.
70
Rolling Stone
It's the varying textures on Faith that prove Uberzone to be a true renegade of funk.
63
Pitchfork
The album awkwardly divides in two: the first half showcases Wiles' forward-looking tunes; the second takes a brief historical look at his dated earlier work.
60
Alternative Press
Lacking the hyperbole of, say, Chemical Brothers or the musicality of more band-like fare like Crystal Method, he finds a middle ground of giving-and-taking frequencies between his twos and fours, as if mixing it live. [Sep 2001, p.104]
60
Blender
Faith in the Future is built with recycled beats and borrowed sounds, relying on castoff samples and guest contributions... [Aug/Sep 2001, p.132]
The average user rating for this album is 9.0 (out of 10) based on 2 User Votes Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
shg yis56i69i gave it an8: spot on !!!
Carrie R gave it a 10: I luv this album. i think the Q takes it back to old skool. Well done, if anyone like breaks beats Uberzone has a few on there.