Steel drum stomper!
On Wed, 16 Aug 1995, Aaron Michelson wrote:
quoted 9 lines Got my copy of Donkey Rhubarb today in Toronto.> Got my copy of Donkey Rhubarb today in Toronto.
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> Just a few points I thought I should mention. The title track is excellent.
> RDJ is back into old form with fast beats and noisy looping! I think that
> the disc is worth the asking price alone for this first track. But, what
> about the praised Phillip Glass instrumental of Icct Hedral? I can't see
> that he did much. It seems like its just a straight to orchestra version,
> with no real style or flare. Am I missing something, or is this the general
> impression?
NO, you're right, it's pretty much note for note. I don't think it was meant
to be a remix or anything, and I think it's beautiful. I like it better than
the original actually! I don't see how you can say it lacks style or flare.
Philip Glass definately has his own style. I'd love to hear an orchestrated
version of X-Tal myself. Philip Glass seems to me, to be the most appropriate
composer to orchestrate Aphex Twin. Glass is a very futuristic composer -
easily the Aphex Twin of the classical music/new composers world. An
acknowlegement of recognition from the old school to the new.
But if you don't dig it, you don't dig it. S'ok.
quoted 5 lines DONKEY RHUBARB> DONKEY RHUBARB
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> WINNER OF BEST SINGLE
> WINNER OF SHITTIEST COVER OF ALL TIME
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