quoted 6 lines Ho ho ho. Sorry Derek, you completely lost me with this one. I don't see> Ho ho ho. Sorry Derek, you completely lost me with this one. I don't see
> where Tournesol is like FSOL, and to me the crappy Rap and aimless Jazzy
> noodling style is what is dominant on "Moonfunk", not the epic style of
> "Kokotsu". They changed completely between these albums - well, good for
> them, since changing is the challenge for all musicians - but unfortunately,
> they changed in all the wrong directions as far as I was concerned.
What really set Moonfunk apart from Kokotsu is that the tracks are
shorter, and can be used as fillers for my mixtapes. The Kokotsu tracks
were "too" long, offering very little in the way of melodies &
bass(exception--'holy cow'), and that there was more of a variation on
the 'electronic noodling' theme. You didn't like '2095'? That was very
"cinematic" for me, and mixes very well alongside some ISDN-like
F.S.O.L. Oh, well.
The FSOL reference was in regards to Tournesol making use of stereo
effects(panning from the left channel to the right channel, decay, reverb,
low-end subharmonic bass,
distortion,etc.) very little of this was used on Kokotsu(as far as I
know, I listened to it right after Moonfunk), as well as making use of all
360 degrees of the aural soundscape, and in that
sense, they were able to "change up" their style, making it FSOL-esque.
Derek