COUNT TO INFINITY
ONCE IS NOT ENOUGH
ALBUM A DIFFERENT DRUM RELEASE: APRIL 3, 2000 REVIEW: APRIL 27, 2000

Count to Infinity is not your common A Different Drum band. It's more of a club and dance project. John Giacobello, the sole member of the band, has put every imaginable resource on trying to create slightly mellow music to dance to. Sure, it makes you want to move your feet from time to time, but I lack a soul, a foundation. It seems "Once Is Not Enough" floats through the air without anchorage and the singing of Mr Giacobello is no overwhelmingly emotional experience, it kind of just exists, without making much noise. A few times, when the dance beat is accompanied by cool, ambient intermissions, Count to Infinity makes me want to jump and skid through the house. But mainly I discovered that while listening to "Once Is Not Enough", my senses drifted towards other trains of thoughts.
There's no doubt this'll work on the dancefloor, and no piece is really remarkably bad. It just isn't the other way around either.

NIKLAS FORSBERG


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