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Mr.Krautman
80ies Genesis and (mostly) Collins solo work uses a different unbearable sound gimmick: the "gated reverb drum sound". Just awful, it was first used by Peter Gabriel and heavily overused since. For me it systematically reminds the worst 80ies commercial pop sound. Designed for P.G by sound engineer Hugh Padgham, I'm definitely not going to thank him for his "invention".
In Brand X Collins never used this sound (not invented yet) but a standard (acoustic) drumkit. His playing was mostly light and jazzy, not heavy "powerdrumming". With Brand X you can really hear how a good and versatile drummer Collins was.
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