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As you’ve probably already noticed, I’m a “man of a few words”, and I’ll be keeping this short as well. Error Operator is no stranger to the blog: mostly because his remixes are solid and he doesn’t hesitate to send me them — which is also true for his debut album “Mistakes”, released today.

The album is made up by eleven tracks, three of them use “unique” vocals, while the rest features vocal samples of all kinds with a few exceptions. These two categories are easily distinguishable, so I’ll talk about them separately.

I’d call the songs with samples a collection of memories, rather than an album. They tell stories how an aged man would reminiscence about his past — so good actually that you feel like you live through what you hear. Classical instruments like piano and violin are also a vital part of the music besides the electronic beat, their synergy with the vocals is flawless.

The tracks featuring exclusive vocals seem to lack aim however. Two of the three songs (“Broken” feat. Jane Elizabeth Hanley and “July” feat. Bright Light Bright Light) have too soft vocals compared to the rest’s grand feel, while “Powerlines” is trying at bringing rap and Error Operator’s style together with Grizzle Emcee; neither of them seem to fit the album completely.

I won’t be giving out scores — music speaks for itself. If you like what you hear buy it, if not then don’t. The song I chose from the album is “Mistakes Mk3″, featuring Dwight D. Eisenhower’s broadcast speech made on the D-Day. The latter is going to be released as a single, so I changed it to “Miller”, where you can hear Henry Miller’s dark musings about New York, then and now.

Error Operator – Miller

Bonus: his Sleepyhead remix given out yesterday:

Passion Pit – Sleepyhead (Error Operator Remix)